James W. Ely, Jr, is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law, emeritus, and professor of history, emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, USA. His books include The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights and Railroads and American Law, published by Kansas.
"This illuminating book will appeal not only to lawyers, but to
anyone who has an interest in the way our laws can change over time
without the altering of a single word."--Regulation"Ely's volume is
without a doubt the most exhaustive and authoritative modern
treatment of the Contract Clause ever presented, a book that
constitutional scholars and historians will want to consult
whenever they find themselves needing to know nearly anything about
the provision."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History"A
masterful--if sobering--post mortem on a once-vital constitutional
protection that has been desiccated by judicial
dereliction."--Library of Law and Liberty"Ely's carefully crafted,
theoretically sound, historically grounded work offers a timely
review of the contract clause. Specialist and general readers alike
will gain insight form Ely's well documented critical
study."--Choice
"Professor Ely has indeed written the 'definitive history' of the
clause that once was the Constitution's most prolific source of
litigation. It will immediately become the indispensable text,
superseding Benjamin F. Wright's classic but outdated study. With
his unrivaled mastery of case law and legal scholarship, Ely has
crafted a work that in telling the particular story of the contract
clause is also a probing examination of constitutional law's
elusive quest to draw the line between governmental regulation and
the free pursuit of economic activity."--Charles F. Hobson, author
of The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of
Law"Students of the modern Constitution pay little attention to the
Contract Clause, yet for more than 150 years it was one of the most
litigated issues before American courts. James Ely has done a
masterful job in not only analyzing the development of Contract
Clause jurisprudence, but does so in a way that will be
understandable by lay persons as well as scholars. This will be the
definitive book on this subject for many years to come."--Melvin I.
Urofsky, author of Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the
Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue
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