Liberty under Law The Supreme Court in American Life

Name: Liberty under Law The Supreme Court in American Life
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ISBN: 9780801835964

ISBN-10: 0801835968

ISBN-13: 9780801835964

Edition: 1988

Authors: William M. Wiecek, Stanley I. Kutler

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Liberty under Law is a concise and readable history of the U.S. Supreme Court, from its antecedents in colonial and British legal tradition to the present.

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The United States Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism



"The province and duty of the judicial department"" The Origins of American Constitutionalism



"It is a constitution we are expounding": The Court under Chief Justice Marshall



"A constitution intended to endure for ages to come": Democracy, Slavery, and Capitalism before the Taney Court



"A constitution adapted to the various crises of human affairs": Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Rights of Black People



"To pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department": The Formalist Era, 1873-1937



"A government entrusted with such ample powers": Foreign Affairs, Executive Authority, and the Court



"A superior, paramount law": Substantive Equal Protection



"The very essence of judicial duty": Substantive Due Process


Glossary


Recommended Readings


Index