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The History of the New York Court of Appeals: 1932-2003
Contributor(s): Meyer, Bernard (Author), Bergan, Francis (Author), Agata, Burton (Author)
ISBN: 0231059507     ISBN-13: 9780231059503
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE:   $128.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 1985
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Civil Procedure
- Law | Courts - General
Dewey: 347.470
LCCN: 84016960
Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.37" W x 9.23" (1.30 lbs) 354 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
 
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From 1932 to 2003, the New York Court of Appeals-the highest court in the state- decided crucial cases pertaining to the social and legal issues of the day. The judges' rulings affected laws regarding motion picture censorship; obscenity, indecency, and immorality; religion; capital punishment; torts; the right to control personal medical care; and abortion.

This comprehensive history completes a two volume series that began with The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932. Each case is richly recounted and analyzed, detailing the decisions and dissenting opinions. Short biographies are provided for the judges who served during this period, and changes in the selection of judges, as well as the court's jurisdiction, are thoroughly explained.

Particular to this volume, the authors provide the legal, social, and political contexts for these cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. They examine the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression; they outline cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality; and they focus on the evolution of the court's opinions regarding statutory interpretation, judicial federalism, censorship, constitutional reform, criminal law and capital punishment, rules of evidence, education, family law, and antitrust and labor law.