A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court.(Book Review)

Edited by James W. Ely Jr. (Knoxville: Published by the University of Tennessee Press and sponsored by the Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society, Inc., 2002. Pp. xvi, 459. $46.00, ISBN 1-57233-178-X.)

Historians have neglected state judiciaries, although recently a few good studies of state supreme courts have begun to appear. This book continues that recent trend. Seven established scholars have divided the history of the Tennessee Supreme Court into seven chronological chapters, thus facilitating what would have been a daunting task for one historian. For the most part each author adopts the same format, developing brief historical contexts, offering capsule ...

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