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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania : life and law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017
- Title
- The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania : life and law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017 / edited by John J. Hare.
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 18-757 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hare, John J.
- Description
- xi, 444 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 27 cm
- Summary
- "A narrative history of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Explores the court's notable decisions and why they matter in the broader context of Pennsylvania and American law and history"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / John J. Hare -- Introduction / Kenneth G. Gormley -- Selecting judges in Pennsylvania / Charles L. Becker and Ruxandra M. Laidacker -- The King's Bench powers / William S. Stickman IV -- The power of rulemaking / Renée Cohn Jubelirer, Robert L. Byer, and Meredith E. Carpenter -- The Supreme Court's singular criminal procedure work in a pivotal era / James A. Shellenberger and James A. Strazzella -- Supervising and regulating the practice of law / Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Roger B. Meilton -- Supervising and regulating the judiciary / Roger B. Meilton and Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr -- The development and improvement of Pennsylvania's judicial computer system / Hon. Joseph A. Del Sole, Amy Ceraso and Thomas B. Darr -- The Supreme Court and the separation of powers under the Pennsylvania constitution / Howard J. Bashman -- The Supreme Court and religious liberty : the competing visions of William Penn and Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson / Gary S. Gildin -- Free expression vs. reputation : the Supreme Court's problematic weighing of interests / Carl A. Solano and Edward J. Sholinsky -- Women on the court and the court on women / Deborah L. Brake and Susan Frietsche -- Article I, section 28 of the Pennsylvania constitution : prohibiting the denial or abridgment of equality of rights because of sex / Phyllis W. Beck and Michele Hudzicki-Grimmig -- The enforcement of antidiscrimination laws / Teresa Ficken Sachs -- The Olmsted affair and the rise of federal power in revolutionary Pennsylvania / John J. Hare -- The floodgates of strict liability : the Johnstown flood of 1889, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the rise of modern American tort law / Jed H. Shugerman -- Pennsylvania medical malpractice law / Charles L. Becker, Shanin Specter, and Thomas R. Kline -- The ebb and flow of the law : the Supreme Court's product liability jurisprudence / James M. Beck -- Clash of titans : the Supreme Court and products liability / Clifford R. Rieders and Pamela L. Shipman -- The 1778-1779 Chester and Philadelphia treason trials : the Supreme Court as trial court / Carlton F.W. Larson -- Slavery and the Supreme Court : high court justices and the problem of fundamental justice / Paul Finkelman -- When felons don't kill : the felony murder rule in Pennsylvania / Arthur G. LeFrancois -- The Supreme Court and the labor movement / Jeffrey P. Bauman -- The Homestead lockout of 1892 and jurisprudence in Pennsylvania / Melvyn Dubofsky -- Defining the role of the legislature in regulating the economy / Vincent C. Deliberato, Jr -- Pennsylvania administrative law / John L. Gedid -- Afterword / Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor -- Appendix A: the reports of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court / Joel Fishman, Ph. D -- Appendix B: historical list of Supreme Court justices.
- Call Number
- JFF 18-757
- ISBN
- 9780271080116
- 0271080116
- LCCN
- 2017033576
- OCLC
- 1002043877
- Title
- The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania : life and law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017 / edited by John J. Hare.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hare, John J., editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 18-757