{"product_id":"john-mckinley-and-the-antebellum-supreme-court-9780817360801","title":"John McKinley and the Antebellum Supreme Court","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides a penetrating analysis of US Supreme Court justice John McKinley. In providing the first in depth assessment of the life and Supreme Court career of Justice McKinley, Steven Brown has given us a compelling portrait of a man active in the leading financial, legal, and political circles of his day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Professor Steven Brown sets out to rehabilitate McKinley's reputation and historical legacy in this engaging and accessible biography. The portrait that emerges is one of a dedicated public servant and thoughtful jurist, a far cry from the surly and unimpressive caricature that has defined McKinley's modern-day perception. . . . [Brown] also provides a rare look into the workings of the antebellum Supreme Court, particularly the travails of circuit riding prior to the development of a robust interstate transportation infrastructure. . . . Brown persuasively argues that McKinley's career and legacy deserve another look.”—\u003ci\u003eHarvard Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Steven Brown's splendid new work is the only book-length account of the Alabama Justice's life and years of public service--not only as a Justice, but as a practicing attouney, state legislator, state university trustee, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senator. The book refutes the usual assessment that McKinley was at best a very average jurist who failed to carry his share of the judicial burden and was unable to hold his own among his judicial colleagues.”—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Supreme Court History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Students of southern history and Alabama history, as well as legal scholars and the state and national legal communities, will appreciate this longoverdue revision of Justice John McKinley’s historical reputation. With this book, Steven Brown has established himself as the authority on the life and times of Justice McKinley and, to a significant degree, the antebellum US Supreme Court.”—R. Volney Riser, author of \u003ci\u003eDefying Disfranchisement: Black Voting Rights Activism in the Jim Crow South, 1890–1908\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"UNIV OF ALABAMA PR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195231727959,"sku":"9780817360801","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817360801.jpg?v=1763646832","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/john-mckinley-and-the-antebellum-supreme-court-9780817360801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}