New Deal Justice
. . . can serve as an important starting point for students and scholars of judicial theory and the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Judicature). . . a significant contribution to the literatures on the jurisprudence, history, and politics of the New Deal era. (O'Brien, David M.)A splendid addition to the literature on the New Deal Justices and, as importantly, to the interplay of politics, law, and culture in the judicial decision-making process of the modern Supreme Court. (Kermit L. Hall)Hockett presents a rich historical account of Populist and Progressive thought, appealing biographical portraits of the three justices, and a good overview of Post-New Deal landmark cases. (Perspectives On Political Science)The book is well written and has good insights. (Richard D. FriedmanH-Net Review)Hockett has added a significant piece to the puzzle of the mid-twentieth-century court. (William LasserAmerican Political Science Review)New Deal Justiceis tightly written and forcefully argued. It provides an excellent introduction for people interested in understanding Supreme Court decision making during the immediate postwar period. Hockett does a wonderful job of demonstrating how the tenets of both Populism and Progressivism made their way into the constitutional thought associated with the New Deal. (Law And History Review)--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.