History of the Supreme Court of the United States

1. The path of the law - old world to new; 2. The traditions of judicial control over legislation; 3. The new states and the principle of constitutional authority; 4. The continental congress and national judicial authority; 5. The constitutional convention and the judiciary; 6. The appeal to the people and the molding of opinion; 7. The framers as propagandists; 8. The raising I: the judicial before the states; 9. The raising II: the judicial before the states; 10. Unfinished business - the Bill of Rights; 11. The Judiciary Act of 1789; 12. The process acts; 13. The circuit courts - organization, civil and appellate jurisdiction; 14. The circuit courts - criminal jurisdiction; 15. The Supreme Court - appellate practice; 16. The Supreme Court - political and constitutional issues I; 17. The Supreme Court - political and constitutional issues II; Appendix: the business of the Supreme Court, 1789–1801, appellate jurisdiction; Manuscript sources - abbreviations of locations; Location of manuscript federal judicial records consulted; Manuscripts other than federal judicial records; Contemporary newspapers and periodicals cited; Short titles and abbreviations; Select bibliography.