The Supreme Court Under Edward Douglass White: 1910 - 1921

Walter F. Pratt

Univ of South Carolina Press, 1999 - Law - 296 pages

Pratt (law, U. of Notre Dame) argues that the years that White served as Chief Justice marked a period in which the court moved from traditional textual interpretations towards an acceptance of the assertion of future Justice Holmes that words are nothing more than "the skin of a living thought". Examining the court's majority decisions and minority dissents chronologically, Pratt explores the ways that economic, international, and other changes in American society forced the court to interpret the Constitution in circumstances vastly changed from the time of its framing.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 25
• The 19111912 Term: 54
• The 19151916 Term: 136
• The 19161917 Term: 156
• The 19171918 Term: 186
• The Final Term: 246
• Conclusion: 263
• Selected Bibliography: 279
• Index: 291

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Supreme Court Under Edward Douglass White: 1910 - 1921; Chief Justiceships of the United States Supreme Court
• Author: Walter F. Pratt
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press, 1999
• ISBN: 1570033099, 9781570033094
• Length: 296 pages
• Subjects: Law / Courts; Law / Legal History