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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.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. c
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page
  2. pp. i-viii
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xiii-xvi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xvii-xxviii
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  1. Prologue
  2. pp. 1-4
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  1. 1. Ancient Heritage, New Circumstance
  2. pp. 5-16
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  1. 2. Good Intentions, Fitful Beginnings
  2. pp. 17-30
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  1. 3. A Functioning Judiciary
  2. pp. 31-42
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  1. 4. The Frontier Court
  2. pp. 43-52
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  1. 5. The Antebellum Court
  2. pp. 53-65
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  1. 6. The Civil War Court
  2. pp. 66-74
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  1. 7. The Reconstruction Courts
  2. pp. 75-87
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  1. 8. The Redeemer Court
  2. pp. 88-116
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  1. 9. The Capitol Court and the Public Lands
  2. pp. 117-128
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  1. 10. The Capitol Court and the Gilded Age
  2. pp. 129-138
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  1. 11. The Consensus Court
  2. pp. 139-150
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  1. 12. The Wrench in the Gears
  2. pp. 151-162
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  1. 13. The Cureton Court
  2. pp. 163-172
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  1. 14. The Wartime Court
  2. pp. 173-184
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  1. 15. The Fifties Court
  2. pp. 185-195
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  1. 16. The Calvert Court
  2. pp. 196-204
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  1. 17. The Court in Flux
  2. pp. 206-226
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  1. Appendix A. Milestones in the Organization and Operation of the Texas Supreme Court
  2. pp. 227-234
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  1. Appendix B. Justices of the Texas Supreme Court, 1836–2012, with Appointment/Election Dates
  2. pp. 235-254
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 255-292
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 293-306
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 307-322
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