Battleground New Jersey : Vanderbilt, Hague, and Their Fight for Justice /
Johnson, Nelson
Battleground New Jersey : Vanderbilt, Hague, and Their Fight for Justice / Nelson Johnson. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 28 photographs - Rivergate Regionals Collection .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Power Doesn't Corrupt: It Reveals -- 1. Sadie's Saga -- 2. Roseville's Prodigy -- 3. The Lawyer as Public Person -- 4. A Force in Four Worlds -- 5. Up from the Horseshoe -- 6. The Celtic Chieftain -- 7. Clean Government versus Hagueism -- 8. Box 96: Arthur and David -- 9. The Inventor's Son -- 10. The Archbishop Shows His Gratitude -- 11. Haddonfield's Mensch -- 12. Things Get Curious -- 13. Summer at Rutgers -- 14. The Chief -- 15. The Chief Supreme -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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New Jersey's legal system was plagued with injustices from the time the system was established through the mid-twentieth century. In Battleground New Jersey, historian and author of Boardwalk Empire, Nelson Johnson chronicles reforms to the system through the dramatic stories of Arthur T. Vanderbilt-the first chief justice of the state's modern-era Supreme Court-and Frank Hague-legendary mayor of Jersey City. Two of the most powerful politicians in twentieth-century America, Vanderbilt and Hague clashed on matters of public policy and over the need to reform New Jersey's antiquated and corrupt court system. Their battles made headlines and eventually led to legal reform, transforming New Jersey's court system into one of the most highly regarded in America. Vanderbilt's power came through mastering the law, serving as dean of New York University Law School, preaching court reform as president of the American Bar Association, and organizing suburban voters before other politicians recognized their importance. Hague, a remarkably successful sixth-grade dropout, amassed his power by exploiting people's foibles, crushing his rivals, accumulating a fortune through extortion, subverting the law, and taking care of business in his own backyard. They were different ethnically, culturally, and temperamentally, but they shared the goals of power. Relying upon previously unexamined personal files of Vanderbilt, Johnson's engaging chronicle reveals the hatred the lawyer had for the mayor and the lengths Vanderbilt went to in an effort to destroy Hague. Battleground New Jersey illustrates the difficulty in adapting government to a changing world, and the vital role of independent courts in American society.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813569727 9780813569741
10.36019/9780813569741 doi
2014004946
Judges--United States--Biography.
HISTORY / General.
KF373.V3 / J64 2014 KF373.V3 / J64 2015
347.749/035092 B
Battleground New Jersey : Vanderbilt, Hague, and Their Fight for Justice / Nelson Johnson. - 1 online resource (288 p.) : 28 photographs - Rivergate Regionals Collection .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Power Doesn't Corrupt: It Reveals -- 1. Sadie's Saga -- 2. Roseville's Prodigy -- 3. The Lawyer as Public Person -- 4. A Force in Four Worlds -- 5. Up from the Horseshoe -- 6. The Celtic Chieftain -- 7. Clean Government versus Hagueism -- 8. Box 96: Arthur and David -- 9. The Inventor's Son -- 10. The Archbishop Shows His Gratitude -- 11. Haddonfield's Mensch -- 12. Things Get Curious -- 13. Summer at Rutgers -- 14. The Chief -- 15. The Chief Supreme -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
New Jersey's legal system was plagued with injustices from the time the system was established through the mid-twentieth century. In Battleground New Jersey, historian and author of Boardwalk Empire, Nelson Johnson chronicles reforms to the system through the dramatic stories of Arthur T. Vanderbilt-the first chief justice of the state's modern-era Supreme Court-and Frank Hague-legendary mayor of Jersey City. Two of the most powerful politicians in twentieth-century America, Vanderbilt and Hague clashed on matters of public policy and over the need to reform New Jersey's antiquated and corrupt court system. Their battles made headlines and eventually led to legal reform, transforming New Jersey's court system into one of the most highly regarded in America. Vanderbilt's power came through mastering the law, serving as dean of New York University Law School, preaching court reform as president of the American Bar Association, and organizing suburban voters before other politicians recognized their importance. Hague, a remarkably successful sixth-grade dropout, amassed his power by exploiting people's foibles, crushing his rivals, accumulating a fortune through extortion, subverting the law, and taking care of business in his own backyard. They were different ethnically, culturally, and temperamentally, but they shared the goals of power. Relying upon previously unexamined personal files of Vanderbilt, Johnson's engaging chronicle reveals the hatred the lawyer had for the mayor and the lengths Vanderbilt went to in an effort to destroy Hague. Battleground New Jersey illustrates the difficulty in adapting government to a changing world, and the vital role of independent courts in American society.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780813569727 9780813569741
10.36019/9780813569741 doi
2014004946
Judges--United States--Biography.
HISTORY / General.
KF373.V3 / J64 2014 KF373.V3 / J64 2015
347.749/035092 B