| Edition |
5th ed. |
| Description |
xv, 359 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Chicago history of American civilization |
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Chicago history of American civilization.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-341) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Robert McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the U.S. Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court. For this new fifth edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey's magisterial treatment to address the Court's most recent decisions.-publisher description. |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- History.
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Courts of last resort -- United States -- History.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Levinson, Sanford, 1941-
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| ISBN |
9780226556871 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780226556864 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226556867 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0226556875 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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