| A Place of Recourse: A History of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1803-2003 Contributor(s): Alexander, Roberta Sue (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821416022 ISBN-13: 9780821416020 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2005 Annotation: The First History Of A Federal District Court in a midwestern state, A Place of Recourse explains a district court's function and how its mission has evolved. The court has grown from an obscure institution adjudicating minor debt and land disputes to one that plays a central role in the political, economic, and social lives of southern Ohioans. In tracing the court's development, Alexander explores the central issues confronting the district court judges during each historical era. She describes how this court in a non-slave state responded to fugitive slave laws and how a court whose jurisdiction included a major coal-mining region responded to striking workers and the unionization movement. The book also documents judicial responses to Prohibition, New Deal legislation, crime, mass tort litigation, and racial desegregation. The history of a court is also the history of its judges. Accordingly, Alexander provides historical insight on current and past judges. She details behind-the-scenes maneuvers in judicial appointments and also the creativity some judges displayed on the bench--such as Judge Leavitt, who adopted admiralty law to deal with the problems of river traffic. A Place of Recourse demonstrates that, at least in the Southern District of Ohio, the federal district court has played the role its creators hoped it would--upholding federal law even when the citizens of the region actively opposed such enforcement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 347.732 |
| Series: Ohio University Press Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.38" W x 9.28" (1.63 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: The First History Of A Federal District Court in a midwestern state, A Place of Recourse explains a district court's function and how its mission has evolved. The court has grown from an obscure institution adjudicating minor debt and land disputes to one that plays a central role in the political, economic, and social lives of southern Ohioans. In tracing the court's development, Alexander explores the central issues confronting the district court judges during each historical era. She describes how this court in a non-slave state responded to fugitive slave laws and how a court whose jurisdiction included a major coal-mining region responded to striking workers and the unionization movement. The book also documents judicial responses to Prohibition, New Deal legislation, crime, mass tort litigation, and racial desegregation. The history of a court is also the history of its judges. Accordingly, Alexander provides historical insight on current and past judges. She details behind-the-scenes maneuvers in judicial appointments and also the creativity some judges displayed on the bench - such as Judge Leavitt, who adopted admiralty law to deal with the problems of river traffic. A Pla |