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Equity and the Constitution : the Supreme Court, equitable relief, and public policy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDowell, Gary L., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1982.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
Equitable remedies > United States > History.
Equity > United States > History.
Public policy (Law) > United States > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire.
Recours en equity > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ordre public > États-Unis > Histoire.
United States. > Supreme Court
Equitable remedies
Equity
Public policy (Law)
United States
Billigkeit
Geschichte
Handelsrecht
Verfassungsrecht
USA
Gelijkheid.
Grondwetten.
Supreme Court (VS)
United States. > Supreme Court.
Equity > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
History
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Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: From equitable relief to public policy
  • 1. The foundations of American equit: Antecedents to 1792
  • The jurisprudentail foundations
  • The constitution and the American idea of equity
  • 2. The tranformation of American Equity: 1792-1954
  • The constitution and the common law in the early republic
  • The constitution and the common law in the early republic
  • Joseph Story's "science" of equity
  • Procedure over substance: The codificatoin movement and the transformation of American equity
  • 3. The constitution and the new equity
  • The emergence of sociological equity: The school desegregation cases
  • The descendants of Brown: The perpetuation of a bad idea
  • Epilogue: Towar a recovery of the past.