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Final Justice, Richard W. Garnett Oct 2003

Final Justice, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

Richard Garnett reviews Stuart Banner, The Death Penalty: An American History (2002) & Franklin E. Zimring, The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment (2003).


Review Of The Hanging Of Ephraim Wheeler : A Story Of Rape, Incest, And Justice In Early America, Michael F. Russo May 2003

Review Of The Hanging Of Ephraim Wheeler : A Story Of Rape, Incest, And Justice In Early America, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Unsavory White Omissions? A Review Of Uncivil Wars, David Boyle Apr 2003

Unsavory White Omissions? A Review Of Uncivil Wars, David Boyle

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Response To Boyle's Comment, David Horowitz Apr 2003

Response To Boyle's Comment, David Horowitz

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unexpected Racial Assertions: A Counter-Reply To David Horowitz, David Boyle Apr 2003

Unexpected Racial Assertions: A Counter-Reply To David Horowitz, David Boyle

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unsavory Black Insinuations: A Reply To David Boyle, David Horowitz Apr 2003

Unsavory Black Insinuations: A Reply To David Boyle, David Horowitz

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Federalist Papers As Reliable Historical Source Material For Constitutional Interpretation, Seth Barrett Tillman Apr 2003

The Federalist Papers As Reliable Historical Source Material For Constitutional Interpretation, Seth Barrett Tillman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The "Public Menace" Of Blight: Urban Renewal And The Private Uses Of Eminent Domain, Wendell E. Pritchett Jan 2003

The "Public Menace" Of Blight: Urban Renewal And The Private Uses Of Eminent Domain, Wendell E. Pritchett

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Legislation Relating To Slavery Jan 2003

Pennsylvania Legislation Relating To Slavery

Adams County History

The following acts have been taken, complete or in part, from the published volumes of The Statutes At Large of Pennsylvania and Laws of Pennsylvania. These extracts are not all-inclusive, but do cover the years 1725/6-1847, from the province's first general statement of the legal standing of blacks, full-blooded and mixed, and the treatment to be afforded them, up to the state's rewritten and strengthened prohibition of the kidnapping of free blacks and the seizing of fugitive slaves. Included are not only acts showing the status and the protection of slaves, whether residents or sojourners, but also those requiring resident …


“Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay For A Landslide": The Sordid And Continuing History Of Political Corruption In West Virginia, Allen Hayes Loughry Ii Jan 2003

“Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay For A Landslide": The Sordid And Continuing History Of Political Corruption In West Virginia, Allen Hayes Loughry Ii

SJD Dissertation Abstracts

This study documents the long and sordid history of corruption--both perceived and corroborated--in the West Virginia political process. The researcher explores the considerable amounts of money spent by wealthy individuals for election or re-election. It documents the effect of high-cost elections, an effect which in many instances has spawned criminal activity. The author relates ostensibly ceaseless measures of corruption at the executive, legislative, and judicial levels. The findings indicate the existence of problems in West Virginia politics since the State's inception in 1863, including vote buying, vote rigging, undue geographical barriers, and lawlessness leading to numerous declarations of martial law. …


Sacco & Vanzetti Case, Eric S. Yellin, Louis Foughin Jan 2003

Sacco & Vanzetti Case, Eric S. Yellin, Louis Foughin

History Faculty Publications

Nicola Sacco, a skilled shoeworker born in 1891, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a fish peddler born in 1888, were arrested on 5 May 1920, for a payroll holdup and murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts. A jury, sitting under Judge Webster Thayer, found the men guilty on 14 July 1921. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed on 23 August 1927 after several appeals and the recommendation of a special advisory commission serving the Massachusetts governor. The execution sparked worldwide protests against repression of Italian Americans, immigrants, labor militancy, and radical political beliefs.


John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker Jan 2003

John Marshall And Native Rights: The Law Of Nations And Scottish Enlightenment Influence, Gordon S. Barker

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922), Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922), Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Augustus Van Wyck (1850-1922) was a judge and NY gubernatorial candidate.


Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903), Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903), Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) was an iron manufacturer, congressman, mayor, and philanthropist.


Where Shall We Live? Class And The Limitations Of Fair Housing Law, Wendell Pritchett Jan 2003

Where Shall We Live? Class And The Limitations Of Fair Housing Law, Wendell Pritchett

All Faculty Scholarship

This paper examines the effort to secure fair housing laws at the local, state and federal levels in the 1950s, focusing in particular on New York City and state. It will examine the arguments that advocates made regarding the role the law should play in preventing housing discrimination, and the relationship of these views to advocates' understanding of property rights in general. My paper will argue that fair housing advocates had particular conceptions about the importance of housing in American society that both supported and limited their success. By arguing that minorities only sought what others wanted - a single-family …


The Unitary Executive During The Second Half-Century, Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo Jan 2003

The Unitary Executive During The Second Half-Century, Steven G. Calabresi, Christopher S. Yoo

All Faculty Scholarship

Recent Supreme Court decisions and political events have reinvigorated the debate over Congress's authority to restrict the President's control over the administration of the law. The initial debate focused on whether the Constitutional Convention rejected the executive by committee employed by the Articles of the Confederation in favor of a unitary executive in which all administrative authority is centralized in the President. More recently, the debate has turned towards historical practices. Some scholars have suggested that independent agencies and special counsels have become such established features of the constitutional landscape as to preempt arguments in favor of the unitary executive. …


Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1847-1918), Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1847-1918), Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1847-1918). was a judge and NYC mayor.


Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917), Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) was a trial lawyer and diplomat.


Mother Jones, Janet Butler Munch Jan 2003

Mother Jones, Janet Butler Munch

Publications and Research

Mother Jones was a union organizer and activist in the U.S. labor movement. She fought to alleviate the misery of workers in mines, railroad yards, factories, and mills across the country. Her reform efforts led to the abolition of child labor, acceptance of the eight-hour workday, and implementation of Social Security and the minimum wage.