Building the Judiciary : Law, Courts, and the Politics of Institutional Development /

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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? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowe, Justin, 1981-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Courts.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Courts > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The puzzle of judicial institution building
  • The early republic : establishment
  • Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy : reorganization
  • The Civil War and reconstruction : empowerment
  • The gilded age and the progressive era : restructuring
  • The interwar and new deal years : bureaucratization
  • Modern America : specialization
  • Judicial power in a political world.

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