History of the Supreme Court

• NCJ Number: 153246
• Author(s): B Schwartz
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 474 pages
• Sale Source: Oxford University Press, Inc
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book presents a one-volume history of the U.S. Supreme Court since its inception in 1790, emphasizing the history of the Court as it relates to the development of the Nation.

Abstract

The overriding theme of the book is that the Court both reflects the development of the society it serves and helps to move that society in the direction of the dominant jurisprudence of the day. The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the Court under the different Chief Justices. In addition, four chapters examine watershed cases -- Dred Scott v. Sandford, Lochner v. New York, Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade -- that illustrate how the Court operates and the impact of major decisions upon American society and on the Court itself. Chapter references and 1 appendix