ONE The Puzzle of Judicial Institution Building 1
TWO The Early Republic: ESTABLISHMENT 23
THREE Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy: REORGANIZATION 84
FOUR The Civil War and Reconstruction: EMPOWERMENT 132
FIVE The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: RESTRUCTURING 171
SIX The Interwar and New Deal Years: BUREAUCRATIZATION 197
SEVEN Modern America: SPECIALIZATION 238
EIGHT Judicial Power in a Political World 270
INDEX 281