Social and Economic Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1905
FAIN: FT-11206-72
President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, MA 02138-3800)
Duncan M. Kennedy (Project Director: July 1972 to present)
The study of 100 cases of the U.S. Supreme Court during the period 1888-1905 focusing on social economic decisions. The result will be a course with the basic thesis that systemization of legal doctrine both suggested and justified specific results.