Stephen J. Field

Stephen J. Field
Title Stephen J. Field PDF eBook
Author Carl Brent Swisher
Publisher Ardent Media
Pages 504
Release 1963
Genre Judges
ISBN

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California Style Manual

California Style Manual
Title California Style Manual PDF eBook
Author Bernard Ernest Witkin
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 1977
Genre Annotations and citations (Law)
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A History of the Supreme Court

A History of the Supreme Court
Title A History of the Supreme Court PDF eBook
Author the late Bernard Schwartz
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 477
Release 1995-02-23
Genre Law
ISBN 0199840555

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When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped down as Associate Justice to become a state judge in South Carolina; John Jay resigned as Chief Justice to run for Governor of New York; and Alexander Hamilton declined to replace Jay, pursuing a private law practice instead. As Bernard Schwartz shows in this landmark history, the Supreme Court has indeed travelled a long and interesting journey to its current preeminent place in American life. In A History of the Supreme Court, Schwartz provides the finest, most comprehensive one-volume narrative ever published of our highest court. With impeccable scholarship and a clear, engaging style, he tells the story of the justices and their jurisprudence--and the influence the Court has had on American politics and society. With a keen ability to explain complex legal issues for the nonspecialist, he takes us through both the great and the undistinguished Courts of our nation's history. He provides insight into our foremost justices, such as John Marshall (who established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, an outstanding display of political calculation as well as fine jurisprudence), Roger Taney (whose legacy has been overshadowed by Dred Scott v. Sanford), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and others. He draws on evidence such as personal letters and interviews to show how the court has worked, weaving narrative details into deft discussions of the developments in constitutional law. Schwartz also examines the operations of the court: until 1935, it met in a small room under the Senate--so cramped that the judges had to put on their robes in full view of the spectators. But when the new building was finally opened, one justice called it "almost bombastically pretentious," and another asked, "What are we supposed to do, ride in on nine elephants?" He includes fascinating asides, on the debate in the first Court, for instance, over the use of English-style wigs and gowns (the decision: gowns, no wigs); and on the day Oliver Wendell Holmes announced his resignation--the same day that Earl Warren, as a California District Attorney, argued his first case before the Court. The author brings the story right up to the present day, offering balanced analyses of the pivotal Warren Court and the Rehnquist Court through 1992 (including, of course, the arrival of Clarence Thomas). In addition, he includes four special chapters on watershed cases: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lochner v. New York, Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade. Schwartz not only analyzes the impact of each of these epoch-making cases, he takes us behind the scenes, drawing on all available evidence to show how the justices debated the cases and how they settled on their opinions. Bernard Schwartz is one of the most highly regarded scholars of the Supreme Court, author of dozens of books on the law, and winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. In this remarkable account, he provides the definitive one-volume account of our nation's highest court.

Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians

Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians
Title Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians PDF eBook
Author Kimberly Johnston-Dodds
Publisher California Research Bureau
Pages 60
Release 2002
Genre Law
ISBN

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Created by the California Research Bureau at the request of Senator John L. Burton, this Web-site is a PDF document on early California laws and policies related to the Indians of the state and focuses on the years 1850-1861. Visitors are invited to explore such topics as loss of lands and cultures, the governors and the militia, reports on the Mendocino War, absence of legal rights, and vagrancy and punishment.

History of the California Supreme Court

History of the California Supreme Court
Title History of the California Supreme Court PDF eBook
Author Harry N. Scheiber
Publisher
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Release 2014-12
Genre
ISBN 9780877724469

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Model Code of Judicial Conduct

Model Code of Judicial Conduct
Title Model Code of Judicial Conduct PDF eBook
Author American Bar Association
Publisher American Bar Association
Pages 212
Release 2007
Genre Law
ISBN 9781590318393

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The Case of Rose Bird

The Case of Rose Bird
Title The Case of Rose Bird PDF eBook
Author Kathleen A. Cairns
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 346
Release 2016-11-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0803255756

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"This biography of Rose Elizabeth Bird is an overdue look at California's first female supreme court chief justice, against the backdrop of California's political and cultural climate in the 1970s and 1980s"--