The Constitution and the New Deal
White (law and history, Univ. of Virginia), the author of several books on constitutional law, most notably The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-1835, offers a revisionist analysis of early 20th-century constitutional law and culture concerning New Deal "constitutional revolution" and Court-packing narratives. Emphasizing U.S. Supreme Court political economy cases from the 1920s through the 1940s, he advances "an alternate explanation for 'revolutionary'changes in the Supreme Court's interpretation of constitutional provisions." White challenges the conventional account of other historians of early 20th-century constitutional history and the New Deal "constitutional revolution" in modern politics. He pays particular attention to changes in the Supreme Court Justices' attitudes toward constitutional review of the nation's governing principles. White's broader, alternate picture of New Deal constitutional jurisprudence is a worthy challenge to conventional historical and jurisprudential interpretations of the New Deal. Highly recommended for academic libraries. Steven Puro, St. Louis Univ.Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.