The Warren Court: Constitutional Decision as an Instrument of Reform

by Archibald Cox

Book Overview

The appointment of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States in 1953 marked the opening of a new era in the nation's constitutional development. As Mr. Cox points out in his Preface, during the next fifteen years the Supreme Court rewrote, with profound social consequences, major constitutional doctrines governing race relations, the administration of criminal justice, and the operation of the political process. The extent and the rapidity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674947401
• ISBN13: 9780674947405
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"