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Author	Meyer, Bernard S.
Title	The history of the New York Court of Appeals, 1932-2003 / Bernard S. Meyer, Burton C. Agata, and Seth H. Agata.
Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	347.99 M	IN LIBRARY

Description	x, 837 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [747]-777) and index.
Contents	A brief overview of the court of appeals -- Jurisdiction of the court of appeals -- Interrelation of the court of appeals, the legislature, and the executive -- Common law and the court of appeals -- Statutory interpretation -- Form of opinions and reports -- The great depression -- New judicial federalism -- Motion picture censorship -- Obscenity, indecency, and immorality -- Religion -- Real property -- Contracts -- Torts -- Corporations -- Arbitration -- Criminal law -- Evidence -- Conflict of laws -- Procedure -- Education -- Abortion, right to control own medical care, and some related matters -- Family law -- Election law -- Antitrust and restraints on competition -- Picketing and labor relations -- The chief judges' contributions: state of the judiciary.
Subject	New York (State). Court of Appeals -- History.
	Courts of last resort -- New York (State) -- History.
Added Author	Agata, Burton C., 1928-2014.
	Agata, Seth H.
ISBN	0231136323 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780231136327 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0231509901 (electronic)
	9780231509909 (electronic)

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