The law of the Commonwealth and Chief Justice Shaw.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1957.Description: viii, 383 p. port. 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.22
Contents:
Lemuel Shaw : the pre-Court years -- Chief Justice : appointment and judicial character -- The Unitarian controversy : church, state, and court -- Satan's apostle and freedom of conscience -- The law of freedom : emancipating slaves in transit -- The fugitive slave law : remanding runaways -- Segregation : origin of the "separate but equal" doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : eminent domain and the public works doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : common carrier liabilities and torts -- Labor law : the fellow-servant rule -- Labor law : trade unions and criminal conspiracy -- Criminal law : murder, madness, and malice -- The police power : state regulation and judicial self-restraint -- Constitutional limitations : judicial review and the contract clause -- Constitutional limitations : criminal justice and the rights of the accused -- Three decades of law and society : résumé and conclusions.
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Bibliography: p. [343]-354.

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Lemuel Shaw : the pre-Court years -- Chief Justice : appointment and judicial character -- The Unitarian controversy : church, state, and court -- Satan's apostle and freedom of conscience -- The law of freedom : emancipating slaves in transit -- The fugitive slave law : remanding runaways -- Segregation : origin of the "separate but equal" doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : eminent domain and the public works doctrine -- The formative period of railroad law : common carrier liabilities and torts -- Labor law : the fellow-servant rule -- Labor law : trade unions and criminal conspiracy -- Criminal law : murder, madness, and malice -- The police power : state regulation and judicial self-restraint -- Constitutional limitations : judicial review and the contract clause -- Constitutional limitations : criminal justice and the rights of the accused -- Three decades of law and society : résumé and conclusions.