Understanding Lochner: Testing Three Rival Theoretical Perspectives

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dc.contributor.advisorChampagne, Anthony M.
dc.creatorChildress, Curt Alan
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-26T12:52:15Z
dc.date.available2017-06-26T12:52:15Z
dc.date.created2017-05
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2017
dc.date.updated2017-06-26T12:52:15Z
dc.description.abstractThe Lochner v. New York case initiated a great debate among judicial scholars. Conventional wisdom surrounding Lochner is that Justice Holmes’ dissent exposed unwarranted judicial activism by the majority, while some scholars recently have been slowly re-assessing Justice Peckham’s majority opinion to determine the extent that the opinion rests as a product of the historical era. Rival explanations for Substantive Due Process jurisprudence during the Lochner era were examined and tested by reviewing lower federal court and state court decisions. The theories reviewed were a) the court guarding economic liberty, b) the court guarding against factionalism in government, and c) the court as an agent of business. My findings found that the best perspective for explaining the Lochner era was the court system’s commitment to protecting economic liberties against government encroachment. The evidence rejects Holmes’ agent of business perspective as presented in his dissent.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/5443
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright ©2017 is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Eugene McDermott Library. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
dc.subjectLochner
dc.subjectConstitutional law
dc.subjectPolitical questions and judicial power
dc.subjectDue process of law
dc.subjectEconomic liberties (U.S. Constitution)
dc.titleUnderstanding Lochner: Testing Three Rival Theoretical Perspectives
dc.typeDissertation
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Dallas
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePHD

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