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BUY FROM PUBLISHER Available as an ebook at: Amazon Kindle Apple iBooks Barnes & Noble Nook CafeScribe Google Play Kno Kobo	The American Supreme Court, Sixth Edition by Robert G. McCloskey and Sanford Levinson University of Chicago Press, 2016 eISBN: 978-0-226-29692-0 \| Cloth: 978-0-226-29675-3 \| Paper: 978-0-226-29689-0 Library of Congress Classification KF8742.M296 2016 Dewey Decimal Classification 347.7326 ABOUT THIS BOOK \| AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY \| REVIEWS \| TOC \| REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE ABOUT THIS BOOK For more than fifty years, Robert G. McCloskey’s classic work on the Supreme Court’s role in constructing the US Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation’s highest court. As in prior editions, McCloskey’s original text remains unchanged. In his historical interpretation, he argues that the strength of the Court has always been its sensitivity to the changing political scene, as well as its reluctance to stray too far from the main currents of public sentiment. In this new edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey’s magisterial treatment to address developments since the 2010 election, including the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act, the Affordable Care Act, and gay marriage. The best and most concise account of the Supreme Court and its place in American politics, McCloskey's wonderfully readable book is an essential guide to the past, present, and future prospects of this institution. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Robert G. McCloskey (1919–1969) was professor of government at Harvard University. He is the author of American Conservatism in the Age of the Enterprise. Sanford Levinson is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at the University of Texas Law School and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several books, including, most recently, An Argument Open to All: Reading “The Federalist” in the 21st Century. REVIEWS “The classic account of the American Supreme Court by the mid-twentieth century’s most astute student of American constitutionalism updated by the early twenty-first century’s most astute student of American constitutionalism. This is the first work constitutional beginners should—and constitutional scholars do—turn to.” — Mark Graber, University of Maryland School of Law “Essential. . . . This fifth edition carries on the tradition of earlier iterations, keeping McCloskey’s keen insights, analytical framework, and normative instincts intact . . . Levinson supplements the original argument with chapters . . . that draw on his remarkable intellectual range and invite readers to continue asking the still-salient questions McCloskey set forth a half-century earlier.” — Choice, on the fifth edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface to the Sixth Edition Acknowledgments Preface to the First Edition One The Genesis and Nature of Judicial Power Two The Establishment of the Right to Decide: 1789–1810 Three The Marshall Court and the Shaping of the Nation: 1810–1835 Four The Court under Taney: The Natural History of Judicial Prestige Five Constitutional Evolution in the Gilded Age: 1865–1900 Six The Judiciary and the Regulatory State: 1900–1937 Seven The Court and Postwar America: 1937–1959 Eight Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court Nine Judicial Monitoring of the New American Welfare State Epilogue The Court of Today and the Lessons of History Coda Important Dates Bibliographical Essay Index REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you from using this book in printed form, BiblioVault may be able to supply you with an electronic file for alternative access. Please have the disability coordinator at your school fill out this form. It can take 2-3 weeks for requests to be filled. See other books on: Constitutional \| Constitutional history \| Judicial Branch \| Legal History \| United States. Supreme Court See other titles from University of Chicago Press

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REVIEWS

“The classic account of the American Supreme Court by the mid-twentieth century’s most astute student of American constitutionalism updated by the early twenty-first century’s most astute student of American constitutionalism. This is the first work constitutional beginners should—and constitutional scholars do—turn to.”

— Mark Graber, University of Maryland School of Law

“Essential. . . . This fifth edition carries on the tradition of earlier iterations, keeping McCloskey’s keen insights, analytical framework, and normative instincts intact . . . Levinson supplements the original argument with chapters . . . that draw on his remarkable intellectual range and invite readers to continue asking the still-salient questions McCloskey set forth a half-century earlier.”

— Choice, on the fifth edition