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For More Than Two Centuries, The U.s. Supreme Court Has Provided A Battleground For Nearly Every Controversial Issue In Our Nation's History. Now A Veteran Team Of Talented Historians--including The Editors Of The Acclaimed Landmark Law Cases And American Society Series--have Produced The Most Readable, Astute, And Up-to-date Single-volume History Of This Venerated Institution, As Engaging For General Readers As It Is Rigorous For Scholars. The Supreme Court Chronicles An Institution That Dramatically Evolved From Six Men Meeting In Borrowed Quarters To The Most Closely Watched Tribunal In The World. Underscoring The Close Connection Between Law And Politics, The Authors Highlight Essential Issues, Cases, And Decisions Within The Context Of The Times In Which The Decisions Were Handed Down.^ Deftly Combining Doctrine And Judicial Biography With Case Law, They Demonstrate How The Justices Have Shaped The Law And How The Law That The Court Makes Has Shaped Our Nation, With An Emphasis On How The Court Responded--or Failed To Respond--to The Plight Of The Underdog. Each Chapter Covers The Court's Years Under A Specific Chief Justice, Focusing On Cases That Are The Most Reflective Of T

Author

Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, N. E. H. Hull

Publisher

Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700615384

Subjects

Law, History