The Supreme Court : America's judicial heritage.

"This is not a book on constitutional law. It is primarily an attempt to fill a gap by explaining in greater detail than is possible in a broad history of the United States the role of the Supreme Court in the nation's history, the political and economic origins of some of the cases decide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acheson, Patricia C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dodd, Mead, ©1961.
Series:Apollo editions ; A-10
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Equal justice under the law
  • The founding of the federal judiciary
  • A man named Marbury
  • "Let the end be legitimate"
  • Commerce and contract
  • "Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri"
  • War and reconstruction
  • The big business years
  • "But not as against the product of ruined lives"
  • The sick chickens
  • "Our constitution is color blind"
  • Appendix I. The Constitution of the United States
  • Appendix II. Justices of the Supreme Court
  • Appendix III. Citations.