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In a powerful new narrative, G. Edward White challenges the reigning understanding of twentieth-century Supreme Court decisions, particularly in the New Deal period. He does this by rejecting such misleading characterizations as "liberal," "conservative," and "reactionary," and by reexamining several key topics in constitutional law. Through a close reading of sources and analysis of the minds and sensibilities of a wide array of justices, including Holmes, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Van Devanter, and McReynolds, White rediscovers the world of early-twentieth-century constitutional law and jurisprudence. He provides a counter-story to that of the triumphalist New Dealers. The deep conflicts over constitutional ideas that took place in the first half of the twentieth century are sensitively recovered, and the morality play of good liberals vs. mossbacks is replaced. This is the only thoroughly researched and fully realized history of the constitutional thought and practice of all the Supreme Court justices during the turbulent period that made America modern.

Constitutional history --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- New Deal, 1933-1939 --- United States --- Economic policy

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New Deal, 1933-1939 --- Depressions --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- United States --- History --- 1919-1933 --- 1933-1945 --- 1929

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Justice, Administration of --- -Administration of justice --- Law --- Courts --- Law and legislation --- -Justice, Administration of --- 1933-1939 --- 1933-1939. --- History of the law --- Germany --- Duitsland --- Recht --- Geschiedenis

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Although Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is remembered for bringing aid and assistance to millions of unemployed and indigent Americans, surprisingly little has been written about federal relief for unemployment. The great experiment of the Federal Emergency Relief Act challenged directly the deep-seated conviction that the relief of poverty was a local responsibility, and in so doing highlighted the deficiencies of local self-government. At every stage it was the elected officials and representatives who offered the most determined opposition to humane and national relief administration. The FERA brought the United States to the brink of a fully integrated welfare system, but a reversal of policy in 1935 split welfare into national, state, and local authorities, which was to have unhappy consequences in the future. In reviewing the experience of the FERA and the New Deal, Professor Brock's book raises important questions about American attitudes toward welfare, local government, and national responsibility.

Public welfare --- United States --- History --- 20th century --- New Deal, 1933-1939 --- Social policy --- Social conditions --- 1933-1945 --- Arts and Humanities --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- Social policy.

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Drugs --- Food law and legislation --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- Law and legislation