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Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic
Thomas H. Cox
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Description for Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic
Hardback. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. This title examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce.
Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall’s court and constitutional history. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821418451
SKU
V9780821418451
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About Thomas H. Cox
Thomas H. Cox is an assistant professor of history at Sam Houston State University.
Reviews for Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic
“A highly original and much-needed book that puts Gibbons v. Ogden in historical context.… [A] major contribution to our understanding of a landmark case.” “The Steamboat Case of 1824 is familiar to most historians of the United States, but the background to it is not. Thomas H. Cox has rectified that.… Cox’s monograph is a superb in-depth study of the ... Read more