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Judiciary Act of 1789: Primary Documents in American History

Print Resources

The following books and articles from the Library's collections discuss the Judiciary Act of 1789. The bibliography contains a selection of works for general readers. Each title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available.

Selected Bibliography

Building the Judiciary: Law, Courts, and the Politics of Institutional Development. by Justin Crowe
Call Number: KF8719 .C76 2012
ISBN: 9780691152929
Published/Created: 2012-04-01
Courts for a New Nation by Dwight F. Henderson
Call Number: KF8754 .H4
Published/Created: 1971
Creating the Federal Judicial System by Russell R. Wheeler and Cynthia Harrison.
Call Number: KF8700.Z9 W48 2005
Published/Created: 2005
Electronic copy from the Federal Judicial Center
Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History by Bruce A. Ragsdale (Editor)
Call Number: KF350 .D43 2013
Published/Created: 2013
Electronic copy from the Federal Judicial Center
Duke Law Journal
Call Number: K4 .U63
Published/Created: 1957-
Holt, Wythe. ""To Establish Justice": Politics, the Judiciary Act of 1789, and the Invention of the Federal Courts." Duke Law Journal 1989, no. 6 (1989): 1421-531.
Electronic copy from Duke University School of Law External
Harvard Law Review
Call Number: K8 .A69
Published/Created: 1887-
Warren, Charles. "New Light on the History of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789." Harvard Law Review 37, no. 1 (1923): 49-132.
Electronic copy from HathiTrust External
History of the Federal Courts by Erwin C. Surrency
Call Number: KF8719 .S97 2002
ISBN: 0379214334
Published/Created: 2002-03-29
The Judiciary Act of 1789 by David Eisenberg; Christine R. Joradan; Maeva Marcus; Emily Van Rassel
Call Number: KF8719 .J83 1989
ISBN: 0911333746
Published/Created: 1989-04-01
Origins of the Federal Judiciary: Essays on the Judiciary Act of 1789 by Maeva Marcus (Editor)
Call Number: KF8719 .O75 1992
ISBN: 0195067215
Published/Created: 1992-05-21
Rewriting the History of the Judiciary Act of 1789: Exposing Myths, Challenging Premises, and Using New Evidence by Wilfred J. Ritz; Wythe Holt (Editor); L. H. LaRue (Editor)
Call Number: KF8714.52.A16 R57 1990
ISBN: 0806122390
Published/Created: 1990-03-01