The Lochner court, myth and reality : substantive due process from the 1890s to the 1930s
Conventional wisdom holds that the Lochner Court illegitimately used the Constitution's due process clauses to strike down Progressive legislation designed to protect the poor and powerless against big business.
History
x, 210 pages ; 24 cm
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PrefaceThe Conventional WisdomAn Overview of Lochner-Era Susbstantive Due ProcessWhat Motivated the Old Court?The Question of Unequal Bargaining PowerThe Originalist ChallengeSumming Up and Looking AheadBibliographyIndex