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Suits Between States In The Supreme Court, William S. Barnes
Suits Between States In The Supreme Court, William S. Barnes
Vanderbilt Law Review
A study of contemporary procedure and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is a prerequisite of any plans for the expansion of the business of the World Court in the future. The present emphasis on international organization may lead to new legal problems in much the same manner as the growth of federal power has done in this country in the last quarter-century. This paper will discuss only those cases in which an opinion was rendered, omitting the admittedly significant memorandum reports for lack of space. Due to the complicated and detailed nature of many of the decrees, analysis of the …
The Democracy Of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles E. Wyzanski Jr.
The Democracy Of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles E. Wyzanski Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
Oliver Wendell Holmes is everywhere recognized as a great American. His life story has been depicted on the stage, fictionalized in a popular biography,' and majestically summarized in the Dictionary of American Biography by his successor and disciple. Every undergraduate knows of Holmes' wounds in three Civil War battles, his seminal lectures on The Common Law delivered at the Lowell Institute, his pioneer decisions in labor cases in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and his long and distinguished tenure as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. But the recital of his public offices does not …