In this Book
- The Texas Supreme Court: A Narrative History, 1836–1986
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Texas Press
summary
The award-winning author of Sam Houston, Passionate Nation, and Wolf: The Lives of Jack London offers a lively narrative history of Texas’s highest court and how it helped to shape the Lone Star State during its first 150 years.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvii-xxviii
- 3. A Functioning Judiciary
- pp. 31-42
- 4. The Frontier Court
- pp. 43-52
- 5. The Antebellum Court
- pp. 53-65
- 6. The Civil War Court
- pp. 66-74
- 7. The Reconstruction Courts
- pp. 75-87
- 8. The Redeemer Court
- pp. 88-116
- 9. The Capitol Court and the Public Lands
- pp. 117-128
- 10. The Capitol Court and the Gilded Age
- pp. 129-138
- 11. The Consensus Court
- pp. 139-150
- 12. The Wrench in the Gears
- pp. 151-162
- 13. The Cureton Court
- pp. 163-172
- 14. The Wartime Court
- pp. 173-184
- 15. The Fifties Court
- pp. 185-195
- 16. The Calvert Court
- pp. 196-204
- 17. The Court in Flux
- pp. 206-226
- Bibliography
- pp. 293-306
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292744622
Related ISBN(s)
9780292744585
MARC Record
OCLC
834960810
Pages
350
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No