Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1836-1861

Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South by Peter Fish ’60 traces the antebellum development and performance of the federal judiciary in districts and circuits within the modern U.S. Fourth Circuit. It covers the politics of circuit and court organization, selection of district and circuit-riding Supreme Court Justices, and the sociopolitical issues that took center stage in the middle of the 19th century.