Supreme Court: America's judicial heritage / Patricia C. Acheson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acheson, Patricia C., author.

Series:

Apollo editions; A-10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supreme Court--United States--History.

Supreme Court.

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Supreme Court

Place of Publication:

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1962.

Summary:

"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 decided by that Court and the impact of those decisions on the life of the nation." Preface.

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.