1st Edition
The Business of the Supreme Court A Study in the Federal Judicial System
By James M. Landis
Copyright 2007
388 Pages
by
Routledge
388 Pages
by
Routledge
387 Pages
by
Routledge
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As Felix Frankfurter and James Landis write in their preface to The Business of the Supreme Court , "To an extraordinary degree legal thinking dominates the United States. Every act of government, every law passed by Congress, every treaty ratified by the Senate, every executive order issued by the President is tested by legal considerations and may be subjected to the hazards of litigation.... Read more
PREFACE INTRODUCTION I. PERIOD PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR II. FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS ACT III. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS ACT TO THE JUDICIAL CODE IV. FEDERAL COURTS OF SPECIALIZED JURISDICTION V. FROM THE JUDICIAL CODE TO THE POST-WAR JUDICIARY ACTS VI. THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE VII. THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1925 VIII.THE FUTURE OF SUPREME COURT LITIGATION TABLE OF CASES TABLE OF STATUTES INDEX
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James M. Landis
