John McKinley and the antebellum Supreme Court [electronic resource] : circuit riding in the old Southwest / Steven P. Brown.
Publication details: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2012.Description: xi, 313 p. : ill., maps, plan, portsISBN:- 9780817317713 (trade cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780817386269 (e-book)
- 347.73/2634092 B 23
- KF8745.M38 B76 2012eb
eBooks
"Appendix: Justice John McKinley's Supreme Court Opinions and Dissents."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The most prominent man in alabama : an introduction to Justice John Mckinley -- Logans, law, and political futility -- Alabama fever and Georgia faction -- The politics of political change -- Prelude to the court : Jacksonian devotion in Alabama and Washington -- The burdens of justice on the antebellum Supreme Court -- The Supreme Court and the original ninth circuit, 18371842 -- Circuit relief and declining health, 1843-1852 -- The legacies of Justice John Mckinley.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.