Book contents
- The Hughes Court
- The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Additional material
- Additional material
- The Hughes Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- Part I The Opening Years
- Part II Continuities
- Part III New Approaches Begin to Emerge
- Section A: Economics
- Section B: Civil Liberties after 1937
- Chapter 39 The Justices and the Theories
- Chapter 40 Demonstrations, Picketing, and First Amendment Theories
- Chapter 41 The Jehovah’s Witnesses and First Amendment Theories
- Chapter 42 Conclusion
- Historiographical Essay
- Index
Chapter 42 - Conclusion
from Section B: Civil Liberties after 1937
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2022
Book contents
- The Hughes Court
- The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Additional material
- Additional material
- The Hughes Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- Part I The Opening Years
- Part II Continuities
- Part III New Approaches Begin to Emerge
- Section A: Economics
- Section B: Civil Liberties after 1937
- Chapter 39 The Justices and the Theories
- Chapter 40 Demonstrations, Picketing, and First Amendment Theories
- Chapter 41 The Jehovah’s Witnesses and First Amendment Theories
- Chapter 42 Conclusion
- Historiographical Essay
- Index
Summary
The Conclusion sumamrizes the book’s theme that constitutional law when Hughes retired was substantially different from what it had been when he was appointed Chief Justice, but that the transformation was more incremental and less complete than the term “Revolution of 1937” suggests.
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- The Hughes CourtFrom Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941, pp. 1142 - 1145Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022