Judicial Settlement of Controversies Between States of the American...
Scott, James Brown. Judicial Settlement of Controversies between States of the American Union: An Analysis of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States. Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919. xiii, 548 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771722. Smyth sewn brown cloth bound hardcover with gilt stamped spine and front cover. New. $39.95 * This classic volume analyzes eighty landmark Supreme Court decisions written between 1799 and 1918. It explores how the United States resolves intense legal battles between individual states under the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction. Scott provides extensive commentary on the history of state-to-state lawsuits, sovereign immunity, and cross-border disputes. Published just after the devastation of World War I, this work serves as a bold blueprint for global peace. Author James Brown Scott was a key legal expert at the Versailles Peace Conference. Driven by the horrors of the war, Scott wrote this book to prove that the American legal framework could serve as a "Lesson For the World at Large". He argues passionately that a unified court system, modeled after the U.S. Supreme Court, could successfully settle fights between sovereign nations and prevent future global conflicts.
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