Abstract
In the mid-19th century, when the United States was confronted with daunting changes wrought by its expanding frontiers and the advent of the industrial revolution, its state supreme courts developed the principles of law which facilitated the nation's growth into the great continental power it became. First in influence among these state supreme courts was the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts-whose chief justice, Lemuel Shaw, came widely to be known as "America's greatest magistrate." It is this tradition that the court brings with it as it develops its place in the "new constitutional revolution" presently sweeping our state supreme courts. It is a tradition fraught with potential for great service to the commonwealth and to the nation as the Supreme Judicial Court enters its fourth century.
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- Subject
Civil Rights and Discrimination
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Law
Courts
Judges
Legal History
State and Local Government Law
- Journal title
Massachusetts Law Review
- Volume
77
- Pagination
35-43
- Date submitted
6 September 2022
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