Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807129240 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 323 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This splendid biography of an eminent Supreme Court Justice humanizes its subject and provides a lucid analysis of the political and economic context as well as juridical reasoning of the Supreme Court rulings during the Civil War and Reconstruction.This book will greatly enhance our understanding of the era."
He is the author of several award-winning articles on Samuel Miller's Supreme Court career.. Michael A. Ross was previously a corporate attorney and is now an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland
Ross creates a colorful portrait of a passionate man grappling with the difficult legal issues arising from a time of wrenching social and political change. Appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. The optimistic vision grew from the free-labor ideology Miller brought to the Iowa Republican Party he helped found, one that celebrated ordinatry citizens' right to rise in station an driches. He also explores the impact President Lincoln's Supreme Court appointments made on American constitutional history.Best known for his opinions in cases dealing with race and the Fourteenth Amendment, particularly the 1873 Slaughter-House Cases, Miller has often been considered a misguided opponent of Reconstruction and racial eq
"More than a biography of Miller" according to Libri Classici. Justice of Shattered Dreams is a well-balanced blend of history, law, economics and biography. The author provides a succinct and well-written summary of such topics as popular sovereignty, the tension over the Kansas/Nebraska issue, the recalcitrance of the South during Reconstruction, and the legal battles between capitalist bondholders and small town populists. Ro. "Good Read" according to Amazon Customer. Excellent biography of a forgotten but important member of the Supreme Court.. Justice Miller and a Changing America Robin Friedman The evocatively titled "Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War Era" (2003) by Michael Ross is a biography of a leading American Supreme Court Justice and a legal and political history of the United States from the Civil War through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. The author, Michael Ross, associate professor o