Shelf 1 of 7 · The Whole Sweep
General & One-Volume Histories
The whole sweep in a single volume — the standard surveys of the Court’s two-and-a-quarter centuries, and the reference works that map them.
McCloskey, Robert G. The American Supreme Court. 1960.
Schwartz, Bernard. A History of the Supreme Court. 1993.
Cox, Archibald. The Court and the Constitution. 1987.
Currie, David P. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888–1986. 1986.
O’Brien, David M. Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics. 1986.
Wagman, Robert J. The Supreme Court: A Citizen’s Guide. 1993.
Schwartz, Bernard. Decision: How the Supreme Court Decides Cases.
Marcus, Maeva, et al., eds. The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800. 1985–2007.
Warren, Charles. The Supreme Court in United States History. 1922.
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