Download or read book Federal Justice in California written by Christian G. Fritz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For forty years Ogden Hoffman presided over the federal district court for the Northern District of California, disposing of more than nineteen thousand cases brought before him. Federal Justice in California: The Court of Ogden Hoffman, 1851-1891 considers a career remarkable for longevity and productivity and at the same time examines the operation of a federal trial court in nineteenth-century America - the cases adjudicated, their significance, and the court's impact upon the community. Solidly researched, Christian G. Fritz's book is unique in attending to the law on the level at which it was most often encountered by participants in legal actions. During his four decades on the bench, from the time of the California gold rush to the anti-Chinese movement of the 1880s, Hoffman dealt one-on-one with a cross-section of humanity: through his court came sea captains, seamen seeking their wages, wealthy steamship owners and distraught and injured passengers, and Chinese immigrants. Fritz shows him adjudicating land grant conflicts and bankruptcy cases and presiding over the admiralty, criminal, and common law and equity dockets. The author has examined thousands of Hoffman's cases to gain insight into how nineteenth-century federal trial courts were used, by whom, and with what effect. The successful use that a broad range of plaintiffs made of Hoffman's court requires a re-examination of theories suggesting that law of the period primarily developed and courts largely operated in ways that promoted commercial and entrepreneurial interest. Just as important, Fritz's sensitive analysis of an institution never loses sight of the proud life-long bachelor, native New Yorker, and scion of adistinguished family who always identified himself with his court. Christian G. Fritz is a professor of law at the University of New Mexico.
Download or read book Chief written by Ronald M. George and published by Berkeley Public Policy Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based upon oral history interviews conducted by Laura McCreery, California Supreme Court Oral History Project."
Download or read book Biennial Report of Department of Justice State of California written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Through the Eyes of the Juror written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Judicial Odyssey written by Christian G. Fritz and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Civil Appeals written by Michael Burton and published by Xpl Pub. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any practitioner faced with the decision as to whether to appeal, or who has questions arising at each stage, will benefit enormously from a book that examines the law, principles, procedures, and processes involved. This leading work has been updated and restructured, to ensure it provides guidance on the complete and complex process of making a civil appeal. Clearly written and cross referenced, the books UK/European coverage of appeals includes: -- District Judges to Circuit Judges in the County Court -- Masters and District Judges to High Court Judges -- Court of Appeal -- House of Lords -- Privy Council -- The European Court -- The European Court of Human Rights -- Administrative Law and Elections
Download or read book Opinions of the Attorney General of California written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jurisdiction Over Federal Enclaves in California written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book And Justice for All written by State Bar of California. Access to Justice Working Group and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Committed to Justice written by Larry L. Sipes and published by Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. This book was released on 2002 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Politics and the Courts written by Christian G. Fritz and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The struggle over land constitutes one of the most persistent and important themes of California's nineteenth-century legal history. Ultimately that struggle pitted those who had objections to the concentration of land in a few hands against those who believed in the sanctity of vested interests; those who recognized the letter and spirit of treaty obligations to Mexico, against those with an antipathy toward Hispanics; those concerned with protecting the public's welfare against real estate speculators; and the civil law against the common law tradition. While the struggle over land in San Francisco was not typical of all California land disputes, it raised virtually all the problems confronted in quieting title and resolving the state's land disputes. Moreover, the resolution of San Francisco's land disputes brought federal judges into conflict with one another and provides insight into the dynamics of the state's federal judiciary in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Integral to the complexity of the struggle over land in San Francisco was the city's right to 18,000 acres of pueblo land that it claimed under Mexican law. The resolution of San Francisco's pueblo title provides a good example of the types of land solutions that were forged by federalism. Under the California Land Act of 1851, the segregation of public from private land was technically the exclusive province of the federal government in its examination of Mexican land grants. In practice, however, the state courts' early involvement with land issues affected how the federal courts exercised their “exclusive” jurisdiction. Further, the struggle over land in San Francisco offers a microcosm of the elements that affected the pace, nature, and ultimate outcome of California land litigation in general. More than anything else, the struggle over the pueblo title offered a view of the contrasting judicial styles of the Federal District Court Judge Ogden Hoffman and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field, the federal judges who played a central role in resolving the San Francisco land disputes. The relationship and differing approaches of Hoffman and Field not only shaped the eventual settlement of San Francisco's pueblo title in 1866, but also influenced the character of federal justice in California until Hoffman's death in 1891.
Download or read book Model Code of Judicial Conduct written by American Bar Association and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biennial Report written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Initial Report and Recommendations on the California Council on Criminal Justice written by California. Legislature. Assembly. Select Committee on the Administration of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report from the Office of Attorney General written by California. Department of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Justice Stanley Mosk written by Jacqueline R. Braitman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first biography of Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), iconic protector of civil rights and civil liberties during his 37 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of California (1964 to 2001). He had quickly risen as a well liked leader among Los Angeles reformers, as executive secretary to California governor Culbert Olson and then 16 years as a superior court judge. His 1958 election and service as state attorney general soon won national attention and the promise of likely election to the U.S. Senate, but an unexpected campaign twist augured a new course. This book frames Mosk's Supreme Court years and the landmark cases in which his opinions or biting dissents continue to resonate.
Download or read book Creating the Federal Judicial System written by Russell R. Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This 34-page publication is an update of a historical survey originally published in 1989 for the bicentennial year of the First Judiciary Act. The authors explain the provisions of the 1789 Act and the compromises it embodies, review the evolution of the federal judicial system during the nineteenth century, and analyze the conditions and debates that led to passage of the Evarts Act in 1891, which established the three-tiered system that characterizes federal court structure today. The publication includes twelve maps that illustrate the growth and evolution of the districts and circuits from 1789 to the present."--Internet site.
