Cold War Political Justice

MICHAL R. BELKNAP is Professor of Law at California Western School of Law and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. The author of Cold War Political Justice and Federal Law and Southern Order, his most recent book is To Improve the Administration of Justice: A History of the American Judicature Society.

• PrefaceAbbreviations Used in NotesIntroduction1. A Law for the Communists2. The Politics of Prosecution3. Delaying the Day of Reckoning4. The Battle of Foley Square5. The Communist Case and the Constitution6. Repeat Performances7. The Collapse of the Communist Party8. Return to Reason9. The Supreme Court Reconsiders10. Winding Down a WarConclusionBibliographical EssayIndex