List of Works Relating to the Supreme Court of the United States

Report of some members of the com-
mittee of the American bar association, on the subject of
delays incident to the determination of suits in the United
States Supreme Court.

American bar association.

New Haven, Conn.: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers,

1882. 34, (2) pp. 8°.

Ames, Herman Vandenburg. The proposed amendments to the
Constitution of the United States during the first century

of its history.

Washington: Government printing office, 1897. 442 pp. 8°.

(American historical association. Annual report for

1896, vol. 2.)

Amendments affecting the form of the Judiciary depart-

ment," pp. 144-164.

Resolutions proposing amendments which have regard to the

choice of judges are noted by Ames as follows: 1808, Apr. 12,

10th Cong., 1st sess., Senate Journal, p. 273; Annals of Con-

gress, cols. 356-358. 1867, Jan. 21, 39th Cong., 2d sess.,

House Journal, p. 202; Globe, p. 616. 1868, May 18, 40th

Cong., 2d sess., House Journal, p. 703; Globe, p. 2527.

1881, Dec. 10, 47th Cong., 1st sess., Senate Journal, p. 103;

Record, p. 85. 1882, Jan 18, 47th Cong., 1st sess., Senate

Journal, p. 198; Record, p. 471. 1883, Dec. 10, 48th Cong.,

1st sess., Senate Journal, p. 64; Record, p. 54.

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Ashley, Roscoe Lewis. The American federal state; a text-book in

civics for high schools and academies.

New York, London: The Macmillan co., 1902. xlv, 599 pp.

8°.

Bibliography: p. x-xii; list of " general references" at head
of each chapter except the last.
The judicial department, pp. 316-325.

Bailey, W. F. The law of jurisdiction, including impeachment
of judgments, liability for judicial acts, and special rem-
edies.

Chicago: T. H. Flood & co., 1899. 2 vols. 8°.

Baker, A. J. Annotated Constitution of the United States.
Chicago: Callaghan and company, 1891. lxxxvii, (1), 279
pp. 8°.

Judicial department, pp. 119-151.

Baldwin, Simeon Eben. The American judiciary.

New York: The Century co., 1905. xiii, 403 pp. 12°. (The
American state series.)

CONTENTS.-The nature and scope of the judicial power in
the United States; The organization and practical working
of American courts; Part 1. English origin and early de-
velopment of the American judiciary; The separation of
the judicial power from the legislative and executive in
American constitutions; The relations of the judiciary to
the political departments of government; The force of
judicial precedents; The judicial power of developing un-
written law; The judicial power of interpreting and de-
veloping written law; The judicial power of declaring what
has the form of law not to be law. Part 2. The organization
of the courts of the states; The organization of the courts
of the United States; Relations of the state judiciary to
the United States, and of the United States judiciary to
the states; Relations between the courts of different states;
Trial by jury; Formalities in judicial procedure; Trial
courts for civil causes; Probate courts; Bankruptcy and in-
solvency courts; Criminal procedure; The exercise of
judicial functions out of court; Appellate courts; The
enforcement of judgments and punishment of contempts of
courts; Judicial proceedings in territories subject to mar-
tial law; Appointment, tenure of office and compensation
of judges; The character of the bar and its relations to
the bench; The law's delay; The attitude of the people
toward the judiciary; Index.

The American system of supreme courts and what it accom-
plishes.

(In La Follette, Robert M. ed. The making of America, vol. 2,
pp. 76-92. Chicago, 1906. 8°.)

Bancroft, George. History of the formation of the Constitution of

the United States of America.

New York: D. Appleton and company, 1882. 2 vols. 8°.
The federal judiciary, vol. 2, pp. 195–206.

Bates, C. Lee. Federal equity procedure; a treatise on the pro-
cedure in suits in equity in the circuit courts of the United
States including appeals and appellate procedure.
Chicago: T. H. Flood and co., 1901. 2 vols. 8°.

Bates, C. Lee. Federal procedure at law; a treatise on the procedure
in suits at common law in the circuit courts of the United
States; accompanied with, as a basis of federal judicial
procedure, a statement of the dual system of government
created by the federal constitution and the constitutional
limitations imposed upon the state and federal govern-
ments and the creation of the federal judicial system and
the jurisdiction of all the federal courts.
Chicago: T. H. Flood and company, 1908. 2 vols. 8°.
Beach, Charles Fisk, jr. Modern pleading and practice in equity in
the federal and state courts of the United States, with
particular reference to the federal practice, including
numerous forms and precedents.

Cincinnati: W. H. Anderson and company, 1900. 2 vols.
8°.

Bigelow, John. The Supreme Court and the Electoral commission; an open letter to the Hon. Joseph H. Choate.

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1903. (2),

23 pp. 8°.

"First appeared in the New York Sun on the 19th of July, 1903."

Black, Henry Campbell. Handbook of American constitutional law. St. Paul, Minn.: West publishing co., 1895. xxiv, 627 pp. 8°.

Federal jurisdiction, pp. 114–148.

Boutwell, George S. The Constitution of the United States at the end of the first century.

Boston, U. S. A.: D. C. Heath & co., 1895. xviii, 412 pp.

8°.

Judicial power, its extent, pp. 302-314; Jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court, original and appellate, p. 315.

Brewer, David Josiah. Address: Two periods in the history of the
Supreme court, delivered by Justice David J. Brewer . .
at the eighteenth annual meeting held at Hot Springs of
Virginia, August 7th, 8th and 9th, 1906.
Richmond, Va.: Richmond press, 1906. 24 pp. 8°.

At head of title: The Virginia state bar association.

Brown, Henry Billings. The judiciary.

(In Walker, Duncan S. Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the capitol of the United States, pp. 74–79. Washington, 1896. 4°.)

Brown, Timothy. Commentaries on the, jurisdiction of courts. 2d ed.

Chicago: Callaghan & co., 1901. ccxxxiii, 824 pp. 8°.

Bryant, Edwin Eustace. The Constitution of the United States, with notes of the decisions of the Supreme court thereon, from the organization of the court till October, 1900. Madison, Wis.: The Democrat printing co., 1901. x, 418 pp. 12°.

The judicial power, pp. 221–243.

Bryce, James. The American commonwealth. 3d edition. Completely revised throughout.

New York: Macmillan and co., 1893-1895. 2 vols. 8°.

The federal courts, vol. 1, pp. 228–240; The courts and the constitution, pp. 241-260; The working of the courts, pp. 261-276.

Bullitt, William Grigsby. Review of the Constitution of the United States; including changes by interpretation and amend ment; for lawyers and those not learned in the law. Cincinnati: The R. Clarke co., 1899. xii, 360 pp. 8°.

Organization of the judicial department, pp. 236–267.

Butler, William Allen. The origin of the Supreme Court of the United States and its place in the constitution.

(In Carson, Hampton L. The Supreme Court of the United States, part 2, pp. 602-625. Philadelphia, 1892. 4°.)

Carson, Hampton Lawrence. The Supreme Court of the United States: its history, by Hampton L. Carson; and its centennial celebration, February 4, 1890. Prepared under direction of the Judiciary centennial committee. Philadelphia: A. R. Keller company, 1892. 2 vols. Portraits. 4°.

Contains biographical sketches with portraits of Jay, Rutledge, Cushing, Harrison, Wilson, Blair, Iredell, Thomas Johnson, Paterson, Ellsworth, Chase, Washington, Moore, Marshall, William Johnson, Livingston, Todd, Duvall, Story, Thompson, Trimble, McLean, Baldwin, Wayne, Taney, Barbour, Catron, McKinley, Daniel, Nelson, Woodbury, Grier, Curtis, Campbell, Salmon P. Chase, Clifford, Swayne, Miller, Davis, Field, Strong, Bradley, Hunt, Waite, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, Gray, Blatchford, Lamar, Fuller, Brewer, Brown, and Shiras.

The history of the Supreme Court of the United States; with biographies of all the chief and associate justices. A. D.

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