DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF SUPREME CO - Volume 5

Volume 5 addresses those Supreme Court cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or foreign nation during the 1790s. This volume deals with not only the landmark case of Chisholm v. Georgia,in which the Court determined that it had jurisidiction over such suits, but also with six lesser-known cases in which states were sued. For each case the editors provide a historical introduction and publish the relevant documents, including court papers, personal correspondence, lawyers notes, justices manuscript opinions, proceedings of state legislatures, newspaper articles, and pamphlets. The documents shed light on the unique circumstances of each of these controversial suits, and reveal the extent of the discussion that the cases prompted on the general issue of state soverignty. With the ratification of the 11th Amendment, the Chisolmdecision was overturned. This volume traces the process by which the amendment became a part of the Constitution.

Summary

Addresses those Supreme Court cases brought against a state by a citizen of another state or a foreign nation. Each case features an historical introduction plus such relevant documents as court papers, lawyers' notes, justices' manuscript opinions, proceedings of state legislators and more.

Product details

• Authors: Maeva (Room C-506) Perry Marcus, Maeva Perry Marcus, James Marcus Perry
• Assisted by: Maeva Marcus (Editor), Maeva (Room C-506) Marcus (Editor), James Perry (Editor), James R. Perry (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.1995
• EAN: 9780231088725
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08872-5
• No. of pages: 728
• Series: Documentary History of the Sup; Documentary History of the Sup
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law