Historic Legal Research: United States Supreme Court

Volume 6 covers the beginnings of federal admiralty and equity jurisprudence, habeas corpus, judicial review, forreign affairs, and the relationship between the national judiciary and state courts. Also included is an appendix of documents pertaining to the question of whether the Supreme Court could issue advisory opinions at the request of the executive branch. A narrative history introduces each case, and the documents are arranged chronologically thereafter. The texts of many of them had to be reconstructed from originals that were severely damaged or written in shorthand. Taken from official court records, as well as related correspondence, lawyers' notes, justices' notes and opinions, newspaper commentary, and pamphlets, these documents provide critical material with which to assess the initial development of federal court practice and procedure.

Schwartz provides a one-volume narrative telling the story of the justices and their jurisprudence--and the influence the Court has had on American politics and society. He takes us through both the great and the undistinguished Courts of our nation's history. He draws on evidence such as personal letters and interviews to show how the court has worked, weaving narrative details into discussions of the developments in constitutional law.

Eight volumes, covering "Antecedents & Beginnings thru 1921."

Four volume set providing biographical facts of each U.S. Supreme Court justice, their major decisions, and underlying legal philosophies.

Volume 1, 1789-1835, volume 2 1836-1918. Details the Court's establishment, the major cases reviewed and decided by the Court, the historical events surrounding cases and decisions, and the effects that Supreme Court decisions had on the public.