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He is on the editorial board of Law and Society Review,and his articles have appeared in the American Journal of Legal History,the Journal of Economic History,and the Journal of American History.He is author of Law over Politics: Stephen J. Field and the Growth of Judicial Power in America, 1816–1899,forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
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McCurdy, C.W. Waite court. Society 24, 40–45 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695935
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