MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01822cam a22002894a 4500
001 2005019835
003 DLC
005 20060808112318.0
008 050712s2006 njuaf b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2005019835
020 $a0813538041 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780813538044
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm61109329
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-nj
050 00 $aKF8755.N39$bL46 2006
082 00 $a347.73/22$222
100 1 $aLender, Mark Edward,$d1947-
245 10 $a"This honorable court" :$bthe United States District Court for the district of New Jersey, 1789-2000 /$cMark Edward Lender.
260 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. :$bRutgers University Press,$cc2006.
300 $axx, 322 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-307) and index.
505 0 $aThe birth of the court : the origins of the district of New Jersey -- "Stability and dignity" : Judge Robert Morris and the formative years, 1789-1815 -- Others of the court : personnel, politics, and continuity to 1815 -- The Antebellum Courts : judges, politics, and change -- The Civil War : national crisis and judicial response -- Caseloads and consequences : court calendars, court reform, and courthouses to the 1900s -- A multi-judge court : the evolution of the bench -- Institutional growth through mid-century : courthouses and the "court family" -- To the 1950s : the district court as political history -- Toward equality : the district court and constitutional rights -- Into the present : familiar themes and modern responses.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDistrict Court (New Jersey)$xHistory.
710 1 $aUnited States.$bDistrict Court (New Jersey)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019835.html