American Supreme Court

Name: American Supreme Court
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ISBN: 9780226556826

ISBN-10: 0226556824

ISBN-13: 9780226556826

Edition: 4th 2004

Authors: Robert G. McCloskey, Sanford Levinson

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First published more than forty years ago, Robert G. 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. In this fourth edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey's magisterial treatment to address the Court's most recent decisions, including its controversial ruling in Bush v. Gore and its expansion of sexual privacy in Lawrence v. Texas. The book's chronology of important Supreme Court decisions and itsannotated bibliographical essay have also been updated.As in previous editions, McCloskey's original text remains unchanged. He argues that the Court's strength has…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface to the Third Edition


Acknowledgments


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 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 Coda Important Dates


Bibliographical


Essay


Index