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Informationen zum Autor Mark Edward Lender is the chairman of the history department at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Klappentext In this first historical account of the District of New Jersey, Mark Edward Lender traces its evolution from its origins through the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing on extensive original records, including those in the National Archives, he shows how it was at the district court level that the new nation first tested the role of federal law and authority. From these early decades through today, the cases tried in New Jersey stand as prime examples of the legal and constitutional developments that have shaped the course of federal justice. At critical moments in our history, the courts participated in the Alien and Sedition Acts, the transition from Federalist to Jeffersonian political authority, the balancing of state and federal roles during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and modern controversies over civil rights and affirmative Zusammenfassung The United States District Court for New Jersey is one of the original thirteen federal district courts established under the new constitutional government in 1789. This book presents a historical account of the District of New Jersey tracing its evolution from its origins through the turn of the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis The birth of the court : the origins of the district of New Jersey "Stability and dignity" : Judge Robert Morris and the formative years, 1789-1815 Others of the court : personnel, politics, and continuity to 1815 The Antebellum Courts : judges, politics, and change The Civil War : national crisis and judicial response Caseloads and consequences : court calendars, court reform, and courthouses to the 1900s A multi-judge court : the evolution of the bench Institutional growth through mid-century : courthouses and the "court family" To the 1950s : the district court as political history Toward equality : the district court and constitutional rights Into the present : familiar themes and modern responses...
