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Brandeis and the Progressive Constitution: Erie, the Judicial Power, and the Politics of the Federal Courts in Twentieth-Century America

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0300078048, 9780300078046
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27633450 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
432\430
Time added
2021-06-22 19:17:46

Description

This book examines both the constitutional jurisprudence of Supreme Court justice Louis D. Brandeis and one of his most famous and controversial opinions, Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938). This landmark decision led to a significant relocation of power from federal to state courts, and, says the author, it provides a window on the legal, political, and ideological battles over the federal courts in the New Deal era and after.

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