The Politics of Judicial Interpretation: The Federal Courts, Department of Justice, and Civil Rights, 1866-1876

by Robert Kaczorowski and Robert J. Kaczorowski

Book Overview

This landmark work of Constitutional and legal history is the leading account of the ways in which federal judges, attorneys, and other law officers defined a new era of civil and political rights in the South and implemented the revolutionary 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments during Reconstruction.

"Should be required reading . . . for all historians, jurists, lawyers, political scientists, and government officials who in one way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223825
• ISBN13: 9780823223824
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"