Author: Rosalee Morris CurtisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
John Hemphill, First Chief Justice of the State of Texas
Author: Rosalee Morris CurtisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The History of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas
Author: Jewette Harbert DavenportPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Texas Supreme Court
Author: James L. HaleyPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292748833
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
“Few people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as women’s rights and the protection of debtors.” Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The first book-length history of the Court published since 1917, it tells the story of the Texas Supreme Court from its origins in the Republic of Texas to the political and philosophical upheavals of the mid-1980s. Using a lively narrative style rather than a legalistic approach, Haley describes the twists and turns of an evolving judiciary both empowered and constrained by its dual ties to Spanish civil law and English common law. He focuses on the personalities and judicial philosophies of those who served on the Supreme Court, as well as on the interplay between the Court’s rulings and the state’s unique history in such areas as slavery, women’s rights, land and water rights, the rise of the railroad and oil and gas industries, Prohibition, civil rights, and consumer protection. The book is illustrated with more than fifty historical photos, many from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It concludes with a detailed chronology of milestones in the Supreme Court’s history and a list, with appointment and election dates, of the more than 150 justices who have served on the Court since 1836.
A Texas Scrap-book
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Great American Lawyers
Author: William Draper LewisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Volume 4 includes tales concerning John Hemphill and James Louis Petigru, both of South Carolina.
A Texas Scrap-book
Author: De Witt Clinton BakerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
The Texas Supreme Court
Author: James L. HaleyPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292744587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
“Few people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as women’s rights and the protection of debtors.” Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The first book-length history of the Court published since 1917, it tells the story of the Texas Supreme Court from its origins in the Republic of Texas to the political and philosophical upheavals of the mid-1980s. Using a lively narrative style rather than a legalistic approach, Haley describes the twists and turns of an evolving judiciary both empowered and constrained by its dual ties to Spanish civil law and English common law. He focuses on the personalities and judicial philosophies of those who served on the Supreme Court, as well as on the interplay between the Court’s rulings and the state’s unique history in such areas as slavery, women’s rights, land and water rights, the rise of the railroad and oil and gas industries, Prohibition, civil rights, and consumer protection. The book is illustrated with more than fifty historical photos, many from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It concludes with a detailed chronology of milestones in the Supreme Court’s history and a list, with appointment and election dates, of the more than 150 justices who have served on the Court since 1836.
A School History of Texas
Author: John Henry BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Details Texas history for use in teaching the topic in schools.
A Digest of the Laws of Texas
Author: George Washington PaschalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
Book Description
Author: Texas