Building the judiciary : law, courts, and the politics of institutional development / Justin Crowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowe, Justin, 1981-

Series:

Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives

Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--United States--History.

Courts.

Procedure (Law)--United States--History.

Procedure (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? How did the Supreme Court move from political irrelevance to political centrality? Building the Judiciary uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century. Explaining why and how the federal judiciary became an independent, autonomous, and powerful political institution, Justin Crowe moves away from the notion that the judiciary is exceptional in the scheme of American politics, illustrating instead how it is subject to the same architectonic politics as other political institutions. Arguing that judicial institution-building is fundamentally based on a series of contested questions regarding institutional design and delegation, Crowe develops a theory to explain why political actors seek to build the judiciary and the conditions under which they are successful. He both demonstrates how the motivations of institution-builders ranged from substantive policy to partisan and electoral politics to judicial performance, and details how reform was often provoked by substantial changes in the political universe or transformational entrepreneurship by political leaders. Embedding case studies of landmark institution-building episodes within a contextual understanding of each era under consideration, Crowe presents a historically rich narrative that offers analytically grounded explanations for why judicial institution-building was pursued, how it was accomplished, and what--in the broader scheme of American constitutional democracy--it achieved.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments / Crowe, Justin

Chapter One. The Puzzle of Judicial Institution Building

Chapter Two. The Early Republic

Chapter Three. Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy

Chapter Four. The Civil War and Reconstruction

Chapter Five. The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era

Chapter Six. The Interwar and New Deal Years

Chapter Seven. Modern America

Chapter Eight. Judicial Power in a Political World

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613589781

9780691152929

0691152926

9781280494550

1280494557

9781400842575

1400842573

OCLC:

779828668