The Taft Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576072806)

An authoritative survey of the Taft Court, which served from 1921 to 1929, and the impact it had on the U.S. legal system, social order, economics, and politics.

William Howard Taft's experience in the executive branch gave him a unique perspective on the court's work. He initiated judicial reform and was the prime mover behind the Judiciary Act of 1925, which gave the court wide latitude to accept cases based on their importance to the nation.

The Taft Court decided about 1,600 cases during its nine terms. This book examines the "aggregate" personality of the court through discussions of individual voting characteristics, bloc alignments, and other patterned behavior. It also charts the strengths and weaknesses of the rulings and demonstrates Taft's penchant for increasing the impact of decisions by pursuing consensus among the justices, two of whom were his own appointees when he served as president.

Author: Peter G. Renstrom
ISBN-10: 1576072800
ISBN-13: 9781576072806
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2003
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.69lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.36w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 267