Courtwatchers [electronic resource] : eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history / Clare Cushman.
2011
KF8742 .C875 2011eb
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Title
Courtwatchers [electronic resource] : eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history / Clare Cushman.
Author
Cushman, Clare.
ISBN
9781442212473 (electronic book)
9781442212459
9781442212459
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 312 p.) : ill.
Call Number
KF8742 .C875 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
347.73/2609
Summary
"In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than 200 years.This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"-- Provided by publisher.
"In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than two hundred years. This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"-- Provided by publisher.
"In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than two hundred years. This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court's colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Published in association with the Supreme Court Historical Society."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Supreme Court Historical Society.
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Table of Contents
Sink or swim : the first decade
John Marshall takes charge : establishing power
Justice by Shay, stagecoach, steamboat, train : riding circuit
Wives, children - husbands : supporting roles
Yes, Mr. President : appointment and confirmation
Learning the ropes : a rookie arrives
Inside the courtroom : views of the bench
Silver tongues and quill pens : oral argument
Nine justices, one bench : building consensus
(Not so) good behavior : discord and feuds
A peek inside chambers : clerk stories
"Welcome to the chain gang" : managing the workload
Timing it right : stepping down.
John Marshall takes charge : establishing power
Justice by Shay, stagecoach, steamboat, train : riding circuit
Wives, children - husbands : supporting roles
Yes, Mr. President : appointment and confirmation
Learning the ropes : a rookie arrives
Inside the courtroom : views of the bench
Silver tongues and quill pens : oral argument
Nine justices, one bench : building consensus
(Not so) good behavior : discord and feuds
A peek inside chambers : clerk stories
"Welcome to the chain gang" : managing the workload
Timing it right : stepping down.