Before the Civil Rights Revolution: The Old Court and Individual Rights

by John Braeman

There is a broad consensus that 1937 marked a turning point in the history of the Supreme Court. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the Court's decision-making in the civil liberties/civil rights sphere in the years preceding that watershed. Professor Braeman refutes the widely held assumption that the post-1937 justices were writing upon a largely blank slate in dealing with civil liberties/civil rights issues, arguing instead that much...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313262055
• ISBN13: 9780313262050
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"