'In this tour de force, a master doctrinalist unpacks some of the twentieth century's most significant cases. In the process, he brilliantly unlocks the mystery of the Constitutional Revolution of 1937 that did not happen, investigates the invention of federal jurisdiction, explores the evolution of the administrative state, and illuminates the transformation of modern American liberalism. Bravo!' Laura Kalman, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Preface; Part I. The Opening Years: Section A. Setting the Stage; 1. Personnel and Organizing Ideas; 2. Formulas and Conceptions of Basic Needs: An Overview; 3. The Complex World of Simple Formulas; 4. Formulas and Considerations of Basic Needs in Business Regulation Cases; Section B. The False Dawn; 5. Blaisdell; 6. Nebbia; 7. The Gold Clause Cases; Section C. Crisis; 8. Black Monday 1935; 9. Winter 1935–36; 10. Spring 1936; 11. The Court-Packing Plan; 12. Resolution; 13. Was There a 'Switch in Time'?; Section D. The New Constitutional Regime; 14. After the Storm: Personnel and Organization; 15. Consolidating the Scope of National Power; 16. Consolidating State Regulation of Business; 17. Consolidating Labor Law and Intergovernmental Immunity; 18. Toward a Theory of Pluralism; Part II. Continuities: Section A. Administrative Law; 19. Administrative Law Introduction; 20. Administrative Law Constitutional Limits; 21. Administrative Law Presidential Power; 22. Administrative Law Courts' Role; Section B. Civil Liberties and Civil Rights; 23. The Uncertainty of Theory; 24. Progressivism, Prohibition, and Organized Crime; 25. Race, Criminal Justice, and 'Labor Defense'; 26. Race and Strategic Litigation; 27. Radical Political Dissent; 28. Radical Religious Dissent; Section C. Justiciability; 29. Basic Concepts of Justiciability; 30. Sovereign Immunity and Political Questions; 31. Regulating Access to the National Courts; 32. Erie; 33. Erie's Legacy; 34. Form and Style in Statutory Interpretation; Part III: New Approaches Begin to Emerge: Section A. Economics; 35. New Deal Economics; 36. Regulating Strikes; 37. Regulating the NLRB; 38. The Labor Antitrust Interface; Section B. Civil Liberties After 1937; 39. The Justices and the Theories; 40. Demonstrations, Picketing, and First Amendment Theories; 41. The Jehovah's Witnesses and First Amendment Theories; 42. Conclusion; Historiographical Essay; Index.