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Tables of Contents for The American Supreme Court
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface to the Third Edition
ix
 
Acknowledgments
xiii
 
Preface to the First Edition
xv
 
The Genesis and Nature of Judicial Power
1
15
The Establishment of the Right to Decide: 1789--1810
16
19
The Marshall Court and the Shaping of the Nation: 1810-1835
35
18
The Court under Taney: The Natural History of Judicial Prestige
53
14
Constitutional Evolution in the Gilded Age: 1865-1900
67
24
The Judiciary and the Regulatory State: 1900-1937
91
30
The Modern Court and Postwar America: 1937-1959
121
27
Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court
148
36
Judicial Monitoring of the New American Welfare State
184
44
Epilogue: The Court of Today and the Lessons of History
228
8
Coda
236
11
Important Dates
247
8
Bibliographical Essay
255
36
Index
291