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The most powerful court in the world : a history of the Supreme Court of the United States

text The most powerful court in the world : a history of the Supreme Court of the United States

Banner, Stuart

Summary
"In the United States, we answer some of our most bitterly contested questions by presenting them to nine elderly lawyers, the justices of the Supreme Court. The Court was the most powerful court in the world when it was established in the late 17... Read more
Contents
Establishing the court -- Itinerant judges on a part-time court -- Federal and state power -- Slaves and Indians -- The court and the Civil War -- Life at the court, 1870-1930 -- The Jim Crow court -- The Lochner era -- The birth of the modern cou... Read more
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658 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher
Oxford University Press 2024
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 347.73 BAN in New Non-fiction Available

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