Bøger af Paul Kens

Lochner v. New York (1905), which pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, remains one of the most important and most frequently cited cases in Supreme Court history. In this concise and readable guide, Paul Kens shows us why the case remains such an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state.

This study of Justice Stephen Field of the US Supreme Court, explains his jurisprudence in terms of conflicting views of liberty and individualism. The text establishes him as a spokesman for one side of the conflict, and as a prototype for the modern activist judge.

Lochner v. New York pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, and is a frequently-cited case in Supreme Court history. In this guide Kens shows why the case remains an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state.