Police Power Query

[Bob Sheridan]

You might find "The United States Supreme Court, The Pursuit of 
Justice," edited by Christopher Tomlins (Houghton Mifflin, 2005) of 
interest.  The article on the Taney Court by one Paul Finkelman has it 
that the doctrine was newly invented in New York v. Miln (1837) "to 
allow states to regulate aspects of interstate and international 
commerce carried on within their own jurisdictions, as long as Congress 
had not regulated the activity."  There are other references in articles 
on later courts as the likes of Holmes deals with the police power.

rs

John Parry wrote:

> I'm looking for good discussions of the state "police power" to 
> protect health, safety, and welfare.  In particular, I am looking for 
> treatments that have a strong historical component -- that is, what 
> the police power has meant at different times (and in particular, has 
> the conception of what a state legitimately might want to regulate 
> morphed or expanded in any way?).
>  
> Any suggestions?  On or off list replies are fine by me.
>  
> (and now, back to the Iraqi constitution . . . long may it reign)
>
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