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Informationen zum Autor Charles Fairman (1897-1988) was Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the author of Volumes 6 and 7 of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United State Supreme Court Reconstruction and Reunion: 1864-1888. He was also the author of numerous articles and books, including The Law of Martial Rule (1930) and Mr. Justice Miller and the Supreme Court (1939). In 1948 he published his casebook, American Constitutional Decisions, and a year later, he published his classic article, 'Does the Fourteenth Amendment Incorporate the Bill of Rights?' Klappentext In this book, Charles Fairman examines the Supreme Court's participation in the Electoral Commission of 1877, paying particular attention to the role of Justice Joseph P. Bradley. Zusammenfassung In this book! Charles Fairman examines the Supreme Court's participation in the Electoral Commission of 1877! paying particular attention to the role of Justice Joseph P. Bradley. This book represents an important revision of conventional narratives of the Electoral Commission! combining intensive research with all the fascination of a detective story. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The election of Tuesday, November 7, 1876 and the Electoral Commission Act of January 29, 1877; 2. Proceedings of the electoral commission; 3. 'Immense gratuitous and unfounded abuse'; 4. Nevins' Hewitt and the 'secret history'.
