The Conflict Over Judicial Powers in the United States to 1870 [1909]

<p>Haines shows the gradual development of judicial power and authority through this study of conflicting opinions over the right of the judiciary to nullify legislative acts which includes discussion of resistance from the states attitudes about the slavery controversy and the effects of Jacksonian democracy. This title was originally published in the Columbia University series Studies in History Economics and Public Law.</p><p> </p><p>Contents</p><p>Chapter I: Judicial Powers Before the Adoption of the Federal Constitution</p><p>Chapter II: Early Conflicts Over Judicial Nullification by Federal Courts</p><p>Chapter III: Extension of Federal Judicial Authority</p><p>Chapter IV: Conflicts Over the Extension of Judicial Authority</p><p>Chapter V: Principles of the Jacksonian Democracy</p><p>Chapter VI: Judicial Powers from 1856 to 1870</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>180 pp.</span></p>