Recipient of the J. Willard Hurst Award by the US Law and Society Association, this study examines the legal history and ramifications of the New Deal by tracing the path of crucial constitutional test cases from 1933 to 1937.

From the perspective of young lawyers in three key New Deal agencies, this book traces the path of crucial constitutional test cases during the years from 1933 to 1937.

"Sympathetically, vividly, and enthusiastically portrays the role of the lawyers involved in the early days of three important New Deal agencies."---Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Harvard Law Review