The most activist supreme court in history : the road to modern judicial conservatism /
Thomas M. Keck.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.
- xiii, 378 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-355) and index.
The New Deal revolution and the reconstruction of constitutional law, 1937-1949 -- Frankfurter's failure : the rise and decline of judicial self-restraint, 1949-1962 -- The Warren court and its critics, 1962-1969 -- The Nixon court and the conservative turn, 1969-1980 -- The Reagan court and the conservative ascendance, 1980-1994 -- Activism and restraint on the Rehnquist court -- Law and politics on the Rehnquist court.