William E. Leuchtenburg is William Rand Kenan Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Visiting Professor of Legal History at Duke Law School. Winner of both the Bancroft and Parkman prizes, he is the author of many books, including The Perils of Prosperity and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.
"Excellent....Leuchtenburg writes like a novelist."--CHOICE
"Highly recommended for individuals and scholars who wish to
understand the separation of powers in the American national
government during a time of national turmoil."--Library Journal
"An engaging and able guide."--Newsday
"There is no match for the FDR era, and essayist Leuchtenburg's
collection is matchless as well."--Booklist
"Perceptive and valuable....This work is a 'good read'....Its
detail...further illuminates the people's role in their own
constitutional destiny, a de=imension of the crises of the 1930s
that has few comparable parallels in earlier constitutional
development."--The Journal of American History
"Leuchtenburg skillfully traces the development of the president's
plan, the broadly-based hostile opposition which suddenly erupted
and eventually led to its defeat, and the far-reaching
consequences."--Presidential Studies Quarterly
"For any reader who is looking to see what happened to the
Constitution in 1937, Leuchtenburg here supplies the critical
data."--The New Republic
"These nine essays...combine careful documentation and total
readability....Any lawyer who dismisses the constitutional history
of the 1930s as old hat has a pleasant surprise in store once he or
she begins any one of Professor Leuchtenburg's essays....Writing of
refreshing clarity and precision."--New York Law Journal
"An account that is always lucid and at times even gripping."--The
New York Times
"This collection of essays is highly recommended for individuals
and scholars who wish to understand the separation of powers in the
American national government during a time of national
turmoil."--Library Journal
"In terms of movement and upheaval in the Court itself, there is no
match for the FDR era, and essayist Leuchtenburg's collection is
matchless as well."--Booklist
"The strength of The Supreme Court Reborn lies in Leuchtenburg's
able combination of social, political, and constitutional
history....For those who want to begin to understand how the
constitution was transformed in the course of the century,
Leuchtenburg is an engaging and able guide."--Newsday
Eminent historian Leuchtenburg (Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal) has collected nine lectures and essays on the remarkable activity of the Supreme Court during FDR's presidency. While the essays are detailed enough for scholars, they remain quite readable, and the author engages other scholars to place his subject in context. He devotes several essays to FDR's ``ill-fated `Court-packing' scheme of 1937,'' noting that its genesis was not capricious but generated from ``an inherent logic''; he also reflects on the public passions and political disruption this attempt to displace aged, conservative judges created. During that period, in 1937, the Court began an ``astonishing about-face,'' upholding laws increasing state power. Leuchtenburg notes how different scholars have drawn on that period to justify or decry judicial activism. Other essays assesses Buck v. Bell, the inspiration for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's infamous ``Three generations of imbeciles are enough'' quote, and the process and politics behind the Court nomination of Hugo Black, who had concealed his past in the Ku Klux Klan. (Mar.)
"Excellent....Leuchtenburg writes like a novelist."--CHOICE "Highly recommended for individuals and scholars who wish to understand the separation of powers in the American national government during a time of national turmoil."--Library Journal "An engaging and able guide."--Newsday "There is no match for the FDR era, and essayist Leuchtenburg's collection is matchless as well."--Booklist "Perceptive and valuable....This work is a 'good read'....Its detail...further illuminates the people's role in their own constitutional destiny, a de=imension of the crises of the 1930s that has few comparable parallels in earlier constitutional development."--The Journal of American History "Leuchtenburg skillfully traces the development of the president's plan, the broadly-based hostile opposition which suddenly erupted and eventually led to its defeat, and the far-reaching consequences."--Presidential Studies Quarterly "For any reader who is looking to see what happened to the Constitution in 1937, Leuchtenburg here supplies the critical data."--The New Republic "These nine essays...combine careful documentation and total readability....Any lawyer who dismisses the constitutional history of the 1930s as old hat has a pleasant surprise in store once he or she begins any one of Professor Leuchtenburg's essays....Writing of refreshing clarity and precision."--New York Law Journal "An account that is always lucid and at times even gripping."--The New York Times "This collection of essays is highly recommended for individuals and scholars who wish to understand the separation of powers in the American national government during a time of national turmoil."--Library Journal "In terms of movement and upheaval in the Court itself, there is no match for the FDR era, and essayist Leuchtenburg's collection is matchless as well."--Booklist "The strength of The Supreme Court Reborn lies in Leuchtenburg's able combination of social, political, and constitutional history....For those who want to begin to understand how the constitution was transformed in the course of the century, Leuchtenburg is an engaging and able guide."--Newsday
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