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The Iron Horse and the Constitution: The Railroads and the Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment
This is the first in-depth analysis of American railroad litigation from the 1880s to 1910 that led to landmark decisions by the Supreme Court, fundamentally altering the meaning of due process in American constitutional law and establishing a basic power of the federal courts to restrict state regulation over railroad rates.
| Author(s) | By Richard C. Cortner. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 248 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 30 Apr 1993 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This is the first in-depth analysis of American railroad litigation from the 1880s to 1910 that led to landmark decisions by the Supreme Court, fundamentally altering the meaning of due process in American constitutional law and establishing a basic power of the federal courts to restrict state regulation over railroad rates.
Preface Defiance and Defeat: The Railroads and the Granger Cases The Revival of "Grangerism" in Minnesota The Genesis of the Minnesota Milk Rate Case The Iowa Rate Fight The Appeal to the Supreme Court A Centennial Decision: The Roads Prevail The S
RICHARD C. CORTNER is Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona. He has written at length on constitutional, civil liberties, and judicial issues. His work includes The Supreme Court and the Second Bill of Rights: The Fourteenth Amendmen
