Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978

Includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions centering on:

• The interpretation of the Constitution and its amendments
• Judicial review and the role of the courts in American history
• States' rights and national sovereignty
• Free enterprise, banking and commerce
• Discrimination and modern civil liberties
• Intellectual property and technology
• Evolving nature of race, gender, faith and identity

See also these other Making of Modern Law resources:

• Foreign Primary Sources, 1600-1970
• Legal Treatises, 1800-1926
• Primary Sources, 1620-1970