This series of authoritative volumes on the history of the US Supreme Court began publication in 1971.
History of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Taft Court This two-volume set on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Howard Taft sheds light on jurisprudential debates that are just as relevant today as they were a century ago.- Contributor: Robert C. Post
- Publication Date: January 25, 2024
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Hughes Court This volume describes the closing of one era in constitutional jurisprudence and the opening of another.- Contributor: Mark V. Tushnet (author), Maeva Marcus (editor)
- Publication Date: April 21, 2022
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Book/Printed MaterialAntecedents and Beginnings to 1801 Details the creation of a national judiciary in the United States under the Act of 1789 and traces the Supreme Court’s development through its first decade of existence.- Contributor: Julius Goebel Jr. (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialReconstruction and Reunion, 1864–1888, Part 1B Enumerates and examines specific issues that confronted the Supreme Court from 1864 to 1888.
- Contributor: Charles Fairman (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialReconstruction and Reunion, 1864–1888, Part 2 This volume completes Charles Fairman’s study of the Supreme Court in the post-Civil War period of 1864–88.
- Contributor: Charles Fairman (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialReconstruction and Reunion, 1864–1888, Part 1A Examines the activity of the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase.
- Contributor: Charles Fairman (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815–35 G. Edward White traces the last two decades of John Marshall’s term as Chief Justice.
- Contributor: G. Edward White (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialFive Justices and the Electoral Commission of 1877 Charles Fairman examines the Electoral Commission of 1877, which was headed by Justice Joseph P. Bradley.
- Contributor: Charles Fairman (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialFoundations of Power Covers the beginnings of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall and surveys the first fourteen years of John Marshall’s tenure.
- Contributor: George Lee Haskins and Herbert A. Johnson (authors), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: November 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Taney Period, 1836–1864 This volume describes the Taney Court and its personnel, and offers a comprehensive analysis of the leading constitutional issues addressed by the United States Supreme Court during this period.
- Contributor: Carl B. Swisher (author), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: September 23, 2009
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Judiciary and Responsible Government, 1910–21 Situates the Supreme Court amid the turmoil of the Progressive Era.
- Contributor: Alexander M. Bickel and Benno C. Schmidt (authors), Paul A. Freund (editor)
- Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Book/Printed MaterialTroubled Beginnings of the Modern State, 1888–1910 A highly interpretive and eminently readable study of the Supreme Court during the period in which Melvin Fuller was Chief Justice.
- Contributor: Owen M. Fiss (author), Stanley N. Katz (editor)
- Publication Date: May 15, 2006
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Book/Printed MaterialThe Birth of the Modern Constitution Recounts the history of the United States Supreme Court in the momentous yet usually overlooked years between the constitutional revolution in the 1930s and Warren-Court judicial activism in the 1950s.
- Contributor: William M. Wiecek (author), Stanley N. Katz (editor)
- Publication Date: January 23, 2006