THE GOLD CLAUSE DECISIONS

Authors

John P. Dawson, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

The gold clause decisions of February 18, 1935, have already taken their place among the great landmarks of American constitutional history. They have given a partial answer to some basic questions of constitutional law. Directly they have disposed of claims amounting to a total of many billions of dollars. But their further implications, both for public and private law, are of even greater magnitude; it may be many years before these wider implications are more fully understood.

Recommended Citation

John P. Dawson, THE GOLD CLAUSE DECISIONS, 33 Mich. L. Rev. 647 (1935).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol33/iss5/2