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1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-355) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
When conservatives took control of the federal judiciary in the 1980s, it was widely assumed that they would reverse the landmark rights-protecting precedents set by the Warren Court and replace them with a broad commitment to judicial restraint. Instead, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Rehnquist has reaffirmed most of those liberal decisions while creating its own brand of conservative judicial activism. Ranging from 1937 to the present, The Most Activist Supreme Court in History traces the legal and political forces that have shaped the modern Court. Thomas M. Keck argues that t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States. Supreme Court.
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.
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Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005. |
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Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005. |
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Rehnquist, William H., 1924- |
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United States. Supreme Court. |
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États-Unis. Supreme Court. |
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Rehnquist, William H., 1924- |
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États-Unis. Supreme Court. |
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Conservatism -- United States.
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Conservatism. |
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United States. |
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Law -- Political aspects.
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Law -- Political aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Law. |
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Print version: Keck, Thomas Moylan. Most activist supreme court in history. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004 9780226428857 (DLC) 2004005108 (OCoLC)54670280 |
| ISBN |
9780226428864 (electronic book) |
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0226428869 (electronic book) |
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0226428842 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226428850 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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