“the Supreme Court and the Constitution”, Charles A. Bread

Patrycja Cargill

Book Summary

11/20/12

“The Supreme Court and the Constitution”, Charles A. Bread

Charles Bread was born on November 27 in 1874 in Knightstown. He attended and graduated DePauw University and also received his doctorate from Columbia University, where he also taught for almost 13 years. He also attended subsequent studies at Oxford England. He was one of the most recognize American historian and political scientist. Bread supported the democratic economy, he underline the importance of the strong role of economics along American history. He published 60 books and 300 articles. The most know publications of his work are “The Supreme Court and the Constitution” from 1912, “An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States” 1913, “Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy” 1915, “The Rise of American Civilization” 1927, “The Republic” 1943 and “President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War, 1941” 1948. His writing concentrates mostly around the history of Founding Fathers and the influence of it on the economy, politics, viewpoints and ideas that this country was based on. Charles Bread died on September 1 1948. Although he was one of the most influential political scientist writers of his times historians and political economists of new generations do not agree with his methods and attacks his theories.

“The Supreme Court and the Constitution” is a deep examination of the history of the Supreme Court system and the influence of the framing documents of this country such as the constitution. Charles Bread in his publication pays close attention to the beginning and enlargement of American judicial control. To help us understand how the federal judiciary works the author present us with the history lesson of this subject. Bread in his essay wrote about the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the impact on the judicial regulator. He argued about the judicial control and the abuse of its...