The California Supreme Court Historical Society [disclosure: I serve on the Society’s board] just published its spring/summer newsletter. This newsletter is devoted entirely to a preview of the Society’s comprehensive history of the court — “Constitutional Governance and Judicial Power” — which is scheduled to be published next month. The newsletter includes extended excerpts from each of the book’s seven chapters:
Chapter one:
Pioneers on the Bench 1849–1879
Charles J. McClain
Chapter Two:
Creating a Court System 1880–1910
Gordon Morris Bakken
Chapter Three:
The Age of Reform 1910–1940
Lucy E. Salyer
Chapter Four:
The Gibson Era 1940–1964
Charles J. McClain
Chapter Five:
The Liberal Court: Ascendency and Crisis 1964–1987
Harry N. Scheiber
Chapter Six:
The Lucas Years 1987–1996
Bob Egelko
Chapter Seven:
Defining a Branch, Finding the Center: The George Court 1996–2010
Molly Selvin
