Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie: A History of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio: A History of the United ... Court for the Northern District of Ohio - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0821420003 ISBN 13: 9780821420003

Casa editrice: Ohio Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Justice and Legal Change on the Shores of Lake Erie explores the many ways that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has affected the region, the nation, the development of American law, and American politics.

The essays in this book, written by eminent law professors, historians, political scientists, and practicing attorneys, illustrate the range of cases and issues that have come before the court. Since the court’s inception in 1855, judges have influenced economic developments and social issues, beginning with the court’s most famous early case, involving the rescue of the fugitive slave John Price by residents of Northern Ohio. Chapters focusing on labor strikes, free speech, women’s rights, the environment, the death penalty, and immigration illustrate the impact this court and its judges have had in the development of society and the nation’s law. Some of the cases here deal with local issues with huge national implications ­—like political corruption, school desegregation, or pollution on the Cuyahoga River. But others are about major national issues that grew out of incidents, such as the prosecution of Eugene V. Debs for opposing World War I, the litigation resulting from the Kent State shootings and opposition to the Vietnam War, and the immigration status of the alleged Nazi war criminal John Demyanjuk.

This timely history confirms the significant role played by district courts in the history of the United States.

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L'autore:

Paul Finkelman is President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow in the Government Law Center at Albany Law School. He is the author or editor of many articles and books.

Roberta Sue Alexander is Distinguished Service Professor of History and Professor Emeritus at the University of Dayton. She is the author of North Carolina Faces the Freedmen: Race Relations during Presidential Reconstruction, 1865–67, and A Place of Recourse: A History of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1803 - 2003.

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• Editore: Ohio Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0821420003
• ISBN 13: 9780821420003
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 374
• Redattore: Finkelman Paul, Alexander Roberta Sue