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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818627403321

Titolo

Origins of the federal judiciary : essays on the Judiciary Act of 1789 / / edited by Maeva Marcus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-19-772006-4

1-280-52547-9

0-19-536194-6

1-4294-0733-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

MarcusMaeva <1941->

Disciplina

347.30713

347.732347.3072

Soggetti

Courts - United States - History

Judicial process - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers based on the Bicentennial Conference on the Judiciary Act of 1789.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Judiciary Act of 1789: Political Compromise or Constitutional Interpretation?; 2. Jurisdiction Stripping and the Judiciary Act of 1789; 3. Recovering Coterminous Power Theory: The Lost Dimension of Marshall Court Sovereignty Cases; 4. United States v. Joseph Ravara: ""Presumptuous Evidence,"" ""Too Many Lawyers,"" and a Federal Common Law Crime; 5. United States v. Callender: Judge and Jury in a Republican Society; 6. Dual Office Holding and the Constitution: A View From Hayburn's Case

7. Murdoch v. Memphis: Section 25 of the 1789 Judiciary Act and Judicial Federalism8. Temples of Justice: The Iconography of Judgment and American Culture; 9. The Judiciary Act of 1789 and Judicial Independence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the origins of the Judiciary Act of 1789, the legislation that established the federal court system of the USA. This volume of essays analyzes the Judiciary Act from political, economic and legal perspectives, bringing together insights from scholars in a number of



fields.