Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History, University of Georgia. N. E. H. Hull is Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, Camden. Williamjames Hull Hoffer is Professor of History, Seton Hall University.

• Table of Contents IntroductionPart I Courts in the Formative Era, 1776-1860Chapter One Founding the Federal Courts 1776-1789Chapter Two Open for Business, 1789-1801Chapter Three A New Beginning, 1801-1835Chapter Four The Antebellum Courts, 1836-1860Part II Courts and the Founding of Modern America, 1861-1929Chapter Five The Courts in Crisis Times, 1861-1876Chapter Six The "Gilded Age" Courts, 1876-1896Chapter Seven Federal Courts in the Progressive Era, 1897-1919Chapter Eight Federal Courts in the "Age of Anxiety," 1921-1929 Part III No Longer the Weakest Branch, The Courts from 1929 to 1986Chapter Nine The Courts in the Great Depression, 1929-1940 Chapter Ten Federal Courts and the "Good War," 1941-1945 Chapter Eleven The Courts and the Cold War, 1946-1954Chapter Twelve Federal Courts in the Civil Rights Era, 1955-1969Chapter Thirteen Reform and Reaction: the Federal Courts, 1969-1986 An Afterword by John Cooke and Russell Wheeler Conclusion Whither the Federal Courts?NotesBibliographical Note Index

Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History, University of Georgia. N. E. H. Hull is Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, Camden. Williamjames Hull Hoffer is Professor of History, Seton Hall University.

• Table of Contents IntroductionPart I Courts in the Formative Era, 1776-1860Chapter One Founding the Federal Courts 1776-1789Chapter Two Open for Business, 1789-1801Chapter Three A New Beginning, 1801-1835Chapter Four The Antebellum Courts, 1836-1860Part II Courts and the Founding of Modern America, 1861-1929Chapter Five The Courts in Crisis Times, 1861-1876Chapter Six The "Gilded Age" Courts, 1876-1896Chapter Seven Federal Courts in the Progressive Era, 1897-1919Chapter Eight Federal Courts in the "Age of Anxiety," 1921-1929 Part III No Longer the Weakest Branch, The Courts from 1929 to 1986Chapter Nine The Courts in the Great Depression, 1929-1940 Chapter Ten Federal Courts and the "Good War," 1941-1945 Chapter Eleven The Courts and the Cold War, 1946-1954Chapter Twelve Federal Courts in the Civil Rights Era, 1955-1969Chapter Thirteen Reform and Reaction: the Federal Courts, 1969-1986 An Afterword by John Cooke and Russell Wheeler Conclusion Whither the Federal Courts?NotesBibliographical Note Index

Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History, University of Georgia. N. E. H. Hull is Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School, Camden. Williamjames Hull Hoffer is Professor of History, Seton Hall University.

• Table of Contents IntroductionPart I Courts in the Formative Era, 1776-1860Chapter One Founding the Federal Courts 1776-1789Chapter Two Open for Business, 1789-1801Chapter Three A New Beginning, 1801-1835Chapter Four The Antebellum Courts, 1836-1860Part II Courts and the Founding of Modern America, 1861-1929Chapter Five The Courts in Crisis Times, 1861-1876Chapter Six The "Gilded Age" Courts, 1876-1896Chapter Seven Federal Courts in the Progressive Era, 1897-1919Chapter Eight Federal Courts in the "Age of Anxiety," 1921-1929 Part III No Longer the Weakest Branch, The Courts from 1929 to 1986Chapter Nine The Courts in the Great Depression, 1929-1940 Chapter Ten Federal Courts and the "Good War," 1941-1945 Chapter Eleven The Courts and the Cold War, 1946-1954Chapter Twelve Federal Courts in the Civil Rights Era, 1955-1969Chapter Thirteen Reform and Reaction: the Federal Courts, 1969-1986 An Afterword by John Cooke and Russell Wheeler Conclusion Whither the Federal Courts?NotesBibliographical Note Index