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The most activist supreme court in history : the road to modern judicial conservatism / Thomas M. Keck.

By: Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 378 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226428842 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226428850 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/26 22
LOC classification:
  • KF8748 .K43 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
The New Deal revolution and the reconstruction of constitutional law, 1937-1949 -- Frankfurter's failure : the rise and decline of judicial self-restraint, 1949-1962 -- The Warren court and its critics, 1962-1969 -- The Nixon court and the conservative turn, 1969-1980 -- The Reagan court and the conservative ascendance, 1980-1994 -- Activism and restraint on the Rehnquist court -- Law and politics on the Rehnquist court.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-355) and index.

The New Deal revolution and the reconstruction of constitutional law, 1937-1949 -- Frankfurter's failure : the rise and decline of judicial self-restraint, 1949-1962 -- The Warren court and its critics, 1962-1969 -- The Nixon court and the conservative turn, 1969-1980 -- The Reagan court and the conservative ascendance, 1980-1994 -- Activism and restraint on the Rehnquist court -- Law and politics on the Rehnquist court.

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