Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941

by William G. Ross

Book Overview

An assessment of the high court's leadership and rulings during the Great Depression era

During the 1930s the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned its longtime function as an arbiter of economic regulation and assumed its modern role as a guardian of personal liberties. William G. Ross analyzes this turbulent period of constitutional transition and the leadership of one of its central participants in The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570036799
• ISBN13: 9781570036798
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"