John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court : circuit riding in the old Southwest

Author/Creator:

Brown, Steven P., 1964-

Publication/Creation:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court : circuit riding in the old Southwest / Steven P. Brown

Series Titles:

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

McKinley, John, 1780-1852

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

McKinley, John,1780-1852
United States.Supreme Court--Biography
Politicians--Alabama--Biography
Circuit courts--Southwest, Old--History--19th century
Judges--United States--Biography

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The most prominent man in alabama : an introduction to Justice John Mckinley -- Logans, law, and political futility -- Alabama fever and Georgia faction -- The politics of political change -- Prelude to the court : Jacksonian devotion in Alabama and Washington -- The burdens of justice on the antebellum Supreme Court -- The Supreme Court and the original ninth circuit, 18371842 -- Circuit relief and declining health, 1843-1852 -- The legacies of Justice John Mckinley.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource ; cm

General Note:

"Appendix: Justice John McKinley's Supreme Court Opinions and Dissents."

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990032422110302486

ISBN:

9780817386269
9780817317713 (trade cloth : alk. paper)