The Law of the Land: A History of the Supreme Court (The Modern Scholar: Great Professors Teaching You)

By Kermit L. Hall

The Judiciary in general and the Supreme Court of the United States in particular represent the republic's most unusual and least understood branch of government. What goes on both in open court and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Audio CD
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402539029
• ISBN13: 9781402539022
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Recorded Books

Customer Reviews

Excellent Lecture Series. Very clear and easy to follow.

I picked up this lecture series hardly knowing anything about the Supreme Court, but always having a desire to know more. Professor Kermit Hall cuts through the legalese of the different court cases making them much easier to understand for those of us who are not lawyers. He's very engaging, concise, and articulate. There are 14 lectures on 7 CDs. Professor Hall follows the same format in each lecture: naming the case presented before the Supreme Court, the dates they were argued, who argued the case, who the justices were, what the vote was, information, background, conclusion, the impact, and further reading if you're interested in learning more. Included with the series is a 112 page Course Guide Book, and if you go online and know the password (as given when you buy the series) you can take an online course exam. I highly recommend this to students of law, or just those wanting to learn more about the Supreme Court and important cases that have shaped our history. Here is a list of the lectures presented: Lecture 1: The Judicial Power, Jurisdiction, and the Ages of the Supreme Court Lecture 2: The Establishment of Judicial Review: Marbury v Madison (1803) Lecture 3: Privilege and Creative Destruction: Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge (1837) Lecture 4: Equality, Slavery and the Supreme Court: Dred Scott v Sandford (1857) Lecture 5: Native American Sovereignty and the Constitution: Lone Wolf v Hitchcock (1903) Lecture 6: Liberty to Contract in the Industrial Age: Lochner v New York (1905) Lecture 7: Clear and Present Danger, the First Amendment, and Total War: Abrams v United States (1919) Lecture 8: A Switch in Time?: West Coast Hotel v Parrish (1937) Lecture 9: Japanese Internment and Total War: Korematsu v United States (1944) Lecture 10: Simple Justice: Brown v Board of Education of Topeka (1954, 1955) Lecture 11: Abortion, Women, and Equality: Roe v Wade (1973) Lecture 12: Presidential Immunity and Watergate: United States v Nixon (1974) Lecture 13: The Boundaries of Discrimination: Regents of the University of California v Bakke (1978) Lecture 14: The Ten Greatest Justices in the History of the Supreme Court (per the opinion of Professor Hall)