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The American Supreme Court
Title
The American Supreme Court / Robert G. McCloskey ; revised by Sanford Levinson.
ISBN
9780226296753 (cloth : alk. paper)
022629675X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226296890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
022629689X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226296920 (e-book)
Edition
Sixth edition.
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Physical Description
xv, 401 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 15, 2016
Series
Chicago history of American civilization.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface to the sixth edition
Preface to the first edition
The genesis and nature of judicial power
The establishment of the right to decide: 1789-1810
The Marshall court and the shaping of the nation : 1810-1835
The court under Taney : the natural history of judicial prestige
Constitutional evolution in the gilded age: 1865-1900
The judiciary and the regulatory state : 1900-1937
The court and postwar America : 1937-1959
Civil liberties, civil rights, and the Supreme Court
Judicial monitoring of the new American welfare state
Epilogue: the court of today and the lessons of history.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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