William G Ross

Gebundenes Buch

Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941

Beschreibung

Ross concludes that on balance the Hughes Court's decisions were more evolutionary than revolutionary but that the court reflected the influence of the social changes of the era, especially after the appointment of justices who espoused the New Deal values of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Autor

William G. Ross is a professor of law at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. A graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School, he practiced law in New York City for nine years and has served as a visiting professor of law at Notre Dame University and Florida State University. His books include A Muted Fury: Populists, Progressives, and Labor Unions Confront the Courts, 1890-1937; Forging New Freedoms: Nativism, Education, and the Constitution, 1917-1927; and The Honest Hour: The Ethics of Time-Based Billing by Attorneys.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781570036798
• ISBN-10: 1570036799
• Artikelnr.: 22563828