Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic


Cover of the book Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic by Thomas H. Cox, Ohio University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Thomas H. Cox ISBN: 9780821443330
Publisher: Ohio University Press Publication: August 25, 2009
Imprint: Ohio University Press Language: English
Author: Thomas H. Cox
ISBN: 9780821443330
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication: August 25, 2009
Imprint: Ohio University Press
Language: English

Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce.

Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall’s court and constitutional history. The case is consistently ranked as one of the twenty most significant Supreme Court decisions and is still taught in constitutional law courses, cited in state and federal cases, and quoted in articles on constitutional, business, and technological history.

Gibbons v. Ogden initially attracted enormous public attention because it involved the development of a new and sensational form of technology. To early Americans, steamboats were floating symbols of progress—cheaper and quicker transportation that could bring goods to market and refinement to the backcountry. A product of the rough-and-tumble world of nascent capitalism and legal innovation, the case became a landmark decision that established the supremacy of federal regulation of interstate trade, curtailed states’ rights, and promoted a national market economy. The case has been invoked by prohibitionists, New Dealers, civil rights activists, and social conservatives alike in debates over federal regulation of issues ranging from labor standards to gun control. This lively study fills in the social and political context in which the case was decided—the colorful and fascinating personalities, the entrepreneurial spirit of the early republic, and the technological breakthroughs that brought modernity to the masses.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce.

Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall’s court and constitutional history. The case is consistently ranked as one of the twenty most significant Supreme Court decisions and is still taught in constitutional law courses, cited in state and federal cases, and quoted in articles on constitutional, business, and technological history.

Gibbons v. Ogden initially attracted enormous public attention because it involved the development of a new and sensational form of technology. To early Americans, steamboats were floating symbols of progress—cheaper and quicker transportation that could bring goods to market and refinement to the backcountry. A product of the rough-and-tumble world of nascent capitalism and legal innovation, the case became a landmark decision that established the supremacy of federal regulation of interstate trade, curtailed states’ rights, and promoted a national market economy. The case has been invoked by prohibitionists, New Dealers, civil rights activists, and social conservatives alike in debates over federal regulation of issues ranging from labor standards to gun control. This lively study fills in the social and political context in which the case was decided—the colorful and fascinating personalities, the entrepreneurial spirit of the early republic, and the technological breakthroughs that brought modernity to the masses.

More books from Ohio University Press

Cover of the book Reading Victorian Deafness by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book The Memory of Place by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book In the Balance of Power by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Suture and Narrative by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Viet Nam by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book We Are All Zimbabweans Now by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book You Will Hear Thunder by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book A Burning Hunger by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Legacy by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book The Art of Vision by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Nature’s Suit by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book Fourth Down and Out by Thomas H. Cox
Cover of the book The Emergence of the Moundbuilders by Thomas H. Cox
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy