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Author:

Goldstein, Leslie Friedman, 1945- author.

Title:

The U.S. Supreme Court and racial minorities : two centuries of judicial review on trial / Leslie F. Goldstein.

Publisher:

Edward Elgar Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvii, 461 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

United States.--Supreme Court--History.
Judicial review--United States--History.
Minorities--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Minority rights up through the Marshall court, 1789-1835 -- 2. Minority rights in the Taney years (1836-64) -- 3. Civil War and Reconstruction -- 4. After Reconstruction -- 5. The White and Taft courts, 1911-30 -- 6. A new "racial" minority: Hispanics, 1800-1992 -- 7. Branch variation in rights leadership, 1930 to late twentieth century -- 8. Overview and conclusions -- Index

Summary:

The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities offers an in-depth, chronologically arranged look at the record of the U.S. Supreme Court on racial minorities over the course of its first two centuries. It does not pose the anachronistic standard, "Did the Supreme Court get it right?" but rather, "How did the Supreme Court compare to other branches of the federal government at the time?" Have these Justices, prevented against removal from office by discontented voters (in contrast to the President and the members of Congress), done any better than the elected branches of government at protecting.

Series:

Elgar Studies in Law and Society.

ISBN:

1786438828
9781786438829

OCLC:

(OCoLC)972327156

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)