The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941 (Chief Justiceship of the United States Supreme Court)
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781570036798
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Law; Biography / Autobiography; USA; Historical - U.S; Lawyers & Judges; Legal History; United States - 20th Century; 1862-1948; Biography; Hughes, Charles Evans,; Judges; Officials and employees; Supreme Court; United States; United States
Description: "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 Hughes, 1930-1941. Tapping into a broad array of primary and secondary sources, Ross explores the complex interaction between the Court and the political, economic, and cultural forces that transformed the nation during the Great Depression." "Written with an appreciation for both the legal and historical contexts, this comprehensive volume explores how the Hughes Court removed constitutional impediments to the development of the administrative state by relaxing restrictions previously invoked to nullify federal and state economic regulatory legislation. Ross maps the expansion of safeguards for freedoms of speech, press, and religion and the extension of rights of criminal defendants and racial minorities. He holds that the Hughes Court's germinal decisions championing the rights of African Americans helped to lay the legal foundations for the civil rights movement."--BOOK JACKET.