Justice Stephen Field
Subtitle: shaping liberty from the gold rush to the gilded age
By: Paul Kens.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780700608171
Subjects: Field, Stephen Johnson, 1816-1899; United States. Supreme Court -- Biography; Judges -- United States -- Biography
Description: Outspoken and controversial, Stephen Field served on the Supreme Court from his appointment by Lincoln in 1863 through the closing years of the century. No justice had ever served longer on the Court, and few were as determined to use the Court to lead the nation into a new and exciting era. Paul Kens shows how Field ascended to such prominence, what influenced his legal thought and court opinions, and why both are still very relevant today. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-354) and index.