The Politics of Justice: Lower Federal Judicial Selection and the Second American Party System, 1829-1861

by Kermit L. Hall

268 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1980

About the author

Kermit Lance Hall was a noted legal historian who served as president of Utah State University from 2000 to 2005, and president of the at University at Albany from 2005 until his sudden death from a heart attack in 2006.