A place of recourse
Subtitle: a history of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1803-2003
By: Roberta Sue Alexander.
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 417
Subjects: United States. District Court (Ohio : Southern District) -- History.; District courts -- Ohio -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-403) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning, 1803-1833; title: Humphrey H. Leavitt, 1834-1872; title: The district court at the turn of the century : the gilded age, 1871-1898; title: The progressive era and World War I, 1898-1919; title: From prosperity, to the Great Depression and war, and back again, 1920-1960; title: The court transformed : adjudication, arbitration, and administration, 1960-2003; title: Into the twenty-first century : the district court as a place of recourse, 1960-2003; title: The district court as arbiter, interpreter, and innovator, 1960-2003; title: Who's who : the judges of the Southern District of Ohio.