The Supreme Court and Unconstitutional Legislation
By - Moore, Blaine FreeCall No: -347.7312 MOO
Moore, Blaine Free. The Supreme Court and Unconstitutional Legislation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1913. 158 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-099-6. Cloth. $60. * A systematic examination of the Supreme Court's decisions that held certain statutes unconstitutional. Early attitudes of state courts before the Marbury v. Madison ruling by Justice Marshall in 1803, as well as the attitudes of federal courts following that decision are discussed separately. A thorough Appendix includes a statistical summary of unconstitutional legislation, a list of all cases in which state enactments were declared unconstitutional by the same court because of conflict with the federal constitution and more. Reprint of Volume LIV, Number 2, Whole Number 133, from the series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, edited by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University.