US Supreme Court and the Centralization of Federal Authority

Michael A. Dichio is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah.

"Dichio's book is a major contribution to scholarship on the Supreme Court and its role in American federalism. The book is likely to prove of great value to legal scholars, historians, political scientists, and others interested in federalism and its relationship to judicial review." — Publius"Dichio takes a fairly unique approach to thinking about the relationship between the US Supreme Court and the development of the American state. Scholars interested in American political development and historical work on the law and the courts should grapple with the evidence on offer here." — Keith E. Whittington, coauthor of American Constitutionalism, Second Edition

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. Conceptualizing Supreme Court Power 2. Discerning Incremental Changes in Constitutional Development 3. Strengths of the Early American State, 1789–1864 4. Building a Modern National Government, 1865–1932 5. Legal Developments in the Modern American State, 1933–1997 6. Comprehending Supreme Court Influence Appendix 1 Coding Decisions Appendix 2 List of Cases in the Data Appendix 3 List of Constitutional Casebooks Used for Data Collection Appendix 4 Characteristics of Constitutional Expansion NotesReferencesIndex