前 言

第一章 最高法院，1953—1956年

第一部分

開始：1953，d1956年開庭期

開場白：沃倫之前的布朗案

第二章 布朗案

第三章執行

第四章 國內安全

第五章 未來一瞥

第二部分

僵 局：1957—1961年開庭期

開場白：危險，驚人地接近

第六章 紅色星期一之後的國內安全

第七章 小石城與公民權利

第八章轉變

第三部分

曆史的沃倫法院：1962～1968年開庭期

開場白：第五票

第九章 為瞭民權法

第十章 修補民主過程

第十一章 民權法之後

第十二章 錶達自由

第十三章 淫穢的終結?

第十四章 一個多元社會的教會與國傢

第十五章 校正警察機構

第十六章 校正刑事司法製度

第十七章 貧 富

第四部分

時代終結

開場白：退 休

第十八章 最後一年

第十九章 沃倫法院為何物?

年 錶

參考書目

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The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren was the most revolutionary and controversial Supreme Court in American history. But in what sense? Challenging the reigning consensus that the Warren Court, fundamentally, was protecting minorities, Lucas Powe revives the valuable tradition of looking at the Supreme Court in the wide political environment to find the Warren Court a functioning partner in Kennedy-Johnson liberalism. Thus the Court helped to impose national liberal-elite values on groups that were outliers to that tradition--the white South, rural America, and areas of Roman Catholic dominance.

In a learned and lively narrative, Powe discusses over 200 significant rulings: the explosive Brown decision, which fundamentally challenged the Southern way of life; reapportionment (one person, one vote), which changed the political balance of American legislatures; the gradual elimination of anti-Communist domestic security programs; the reform of criminal procedures (Mapp, Gideon, Miranda); the ban on school-sponsored prayer; and a new law on pornography.

Most of these decisions date from 1962, when those who shaped the dominant ideology of the Warren Court of storied fame gained a fifth secure liberal vote. The Justices of the majority were prominent individuals, brimming with confidence, willing to help shape a revolution and see if it would last.