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The American Supreme Court /

McCloskey, Robert G.

The American Supreme Court / Robert G. McCloskey - Second edition / - xvii, 267 pages ; - The Chicago history of American civilization .

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 modern 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

Previous edition, 1st, published in 1960

0226556778 9780226556772 0226556786 9780226556789


The American Supreme Court

KL221.G1M32 1994 KL221.G1M32 1994 / 08145243

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