BOOK: James HART, The U.S. Supreme Court in American Society. Historical Perspectives [Elgar Studies in Law and Society] (Cheltenham: E. Elgar, 2025), 182 p. ISBN 9781035349265

 

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Abstract:

This insightful book examines the U.S. Supreme Court in a broad historical context, concentrating on the influence of political movements, military and economic developments, the arts and technology on the law and vice versa. Exploring major case law in each period from the Age of Enlightenment and the Civil War to the Watergate Scandal and the present day, James Hart illustrates the role of the Supreme Court in American society.

Table of contents:

Contents
Preface
1 The beginning
2 The country forms its identity
3 Antebellum and the Civil War
4 Reconstruction
5 The Court, wartime, and free speech
6 The Great Depression
7 The Warren Court and Civil Rights
8 Watergate and presidential power

9 To the present and the future of individual rights

Read more here: DOI 10.4337/9781035349272.