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.
Contents
Chapter I: Judicial Powers Before the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Chapter II: Early Conflicts Over Judicial Nullification by Federal Courts
Chapter III: Extension of Federal Judicial Authority
Chapter IV: Conflicts Over the Extension of Judicial Authority
Chapter V: Principles of the Jacksonian Democracy
Chapter VI: Judicial Powers from 1856 to 1870
180 pp.