LEADER 03711nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910818987703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-74462-5 024 7 $a10.7560/744585 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060195 035 $a(EBL)3443661 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870990 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11508367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870990 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10820004 035 $a(PQKB)11358745 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443661 035 $a(OCoLC)834960810 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25080 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443661 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10683918 035 $a(OCoLC)932314393 035 $a(DE-B1597)588454 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292744622 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060195 100 $a20120628d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Texas Supreme Court $ea narrative history, 1836-1986 /$fJames L. Haley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 225 1 $aTexas legal studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-74458-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305) and index. 327 $aAncient heritage, new circumstance -- Good intentions, fitful beginnings -- A functioning judiciary -- The frontier court -- The antebellum court -- The Civil War court -- The reconstruction courts -- The redeemer court -- The capitol court and the public lands -- The capitol court and the gilded age -- The consensus court -- The wrench in the gears -- The Cureton court -- The wartime court -- The fifties court -- The Calvert court -- The court in flux. 330 $a?Few people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as women?s rights and the protection of debtors.? Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The first book-length history of the Court published since 1917, it tells the story of the Texas Supreme Court from its origins in the Republic of Texas to the political and philosophical upheavals of the mid-1980s. Using a lively narrative style rather than a legalistic approach, Haley describes the twists and turns of an evolving judiciary both empowered and constrained by its dual ties to Spanish civil law and English common law. He focuses on the personalities and judicial philosophies of those who served on the Supreme Court, as well as on the interplay between the Court?s rulings and the state?s unique history in such areas as slavery, women?s rights, land and water rights, the rise of the railroad and oil and gas industries, Prohibition, civil rights, and consumer protection. The book is illustrated with more than fifty historical photos, many from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It concludes with a detailed chronology of milestones in the Supreme Court?s history and a list, with appointment and election dates, of the more than 150 justices who have served on the Court since 1836. 410 0$aTexas legal studies series. 606 $aCourts of last resort$zTexas$xHistory 606 $aLaw$zTexas$xHistory 615 0$aCourts of last resort$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xHistory. 676 $a347.764/03509 700 $aHaley$b James L$01132311 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818987703321 996 $aThe Texas Supreme Court$94120863 997 $aUNINA