A Muted Fury (eBook)

Populists, Progressives, and Labor Unions Confront the Courts, 1890-1937

William G. Ross (Autor)

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2014
352 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6357-0 (ISBN)

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For half a century before 1937, populists, progressives, and labor leaders complained bitterly that a "judicial oligarchy" impeded social and economic reform by imposing crippling restraints on trade unions and nullifying legislation that regulated business corporations. A Muted Fury, the first study of this neglected chapter in American political and legal history, explains the origins of hostility toward the courts during the Progressive Era, examines in detail the many measures that antagonists of the judiciary proposed for the curtailment of judicial power, and evaluates the successes and failures of the anti-court movements.Tapping a broad array of sources, including popular literature and unpublished manuscripts, William Ross demonstrates that this widespread fury against the judiciary was muted by many factors, including respect for judicial power, internal divisions among the judiciary's critics, institutional obstacles to reform, and the judiciary's own willingness to mitigate its hostility toward progressive legislation and labor. Ross argues that persistent criticism of the courts influenced judicial behavior, even though the antagonists of the courts failed in their many efforts to curb judicial power. The book's interdisciplinary exploration of the complex interactions among politics, public opinion, judicial decision-making, the legislative process, and the activities of organized interest groups provides fresh insights into the perennial controversy over the scope of judicial power in America.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: act of congress • administrative law • Advocacy • Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America • Amendment • andrew carnegie • Anglo-Americans • Apotheosis • Chief Justice of the United States • child slavery • civil libertarianism • civil service • Cohens v. Virginia • Communalism • Competition Law • Consciousness • constitutional amendment • Constitutionalism • Constitutionality • Criticism • demotion • Disenchantment • Early decision • Economic History • Economics • economist • Espionage • Federal Court (Canada) • federal judge • Fort Worth Star-Telegram • free society • Fuller Court • Good government • Government of the United Kingdom • Guilty men • Historical Association • Household • Hunt's • illinois Campaign • injunction • Joseph Alsop • Judicial Activism • Judiciary • Jurisdiction • Karl Llewellyn • Laissez-faire • lecturer • Legislation • Legislature • Lochner v. New York • Marshall Court • Marxism • Member of Congress • Mismatch • National Security League • nation state • Nomination • Nonpartisan League • nonunion • North Dakota • Nullification Crisis • October Revolution • Organizing (management) • Owen M. Fiss • Oxford University Press • parliamentary system • Pensioner • phenomenon • Political Campaign • Politics • President of the United States • Principal Speaker • printing • private citizen • Probability • public administration • Public Opinion • Quantity • Railroad brotherhoods • Regulatory reform • Republican Party (United States) • Richard Hofstadter • Robert A. Taft • running mate • Samuel Gompers • Second New Deal • secret ballot • Senate • Separation of Powers • Statute • Stochastic Dominance • Strategy (game theory) • Supreme Court of Ohio • Tax evasion • Temperament • Trade Union • United States federal judge • Veto • Westminster system • William Howard Taft
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6357-0 / 1400863570
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6357-0 / 9781400863570