April 11
The Elder Harlan
Justice John Marshall Harlan, the great dissenter from the Gilded Age Court
| Today begins the first of a four-week unit on the law in 20th century America, with a focus on the turn of the century court. To begin, this primer on how to read Supreme Court cases historically. |
READINGS
Przybyszewski, The Republic According to
John Marshall Harlan, pp. 81-184.
Reading notes
| U.S. v. E.C. Knight (1895) |
| Lochner v. New York: Harlan dissent |
| Muller v. Oregon (1908) |
| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |