An edition of Justice Stephen Field (1997)
Justice Stephen Field
shaping liberty from the gold rush to the gilded age
By Paul Kens
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Publish Date
1997
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Language
eng
Pages
392
Description:
Outspoken and controversial, Stephen Field served on the Supreme Court from his appointment by Lincoln in 1863 through the closing years of the century. No justice had ever served longer on the Court, and few were as determined to use the Court to lead the nation into a new and exciting era. Paul Kens shows how Field ascended to such prominence, what influenced his legal thought and court opinions, and why both are still very relevant today. --from publisher description.