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Taking their cue from the late Paul L. Murphy, one of our nation's leading legal historians, this illustrious group of scholars argues that the field of constitutional history is too important to be left solely to lawyers and judges. Their state-of-the-field volume reclaims constitutional history's rightful place as a vital and necessary part of our intellectual enterprise, in part by pushing the field onto fresh, even controversial, terrain. Much as Murphy has done, these scholars contend that this restoration is much needed and will greatly enrich judicial and public policy, advance a...

The volumes in this set are available individually.
Volume 1. The Supreme Court In and Of the Stream of History (0-8153-3424-9)
Volume 2. The Justices, Judges, and Judicial Reputation (0-8153-3425-7)
Volume 3. The Path To and From the Supreme Court (0-8153-3426-5)
Volume 4. Judicial Review and Judicial Power in the Supreme Court (0-8153-3427-3)
Volume 5. The Least Dangerous Branch (0-8153-3428-1)
Volume 6. A Nation of States (0-8153-3429-X)
Volume 7. Freedom and Equality (0-8153-3430-3)
Volume 8. Conscience and Belief (0-8153-3431-1)
Volume 9. Conscience,...

The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under...