Description: : The Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide, 2nd Edition, contains the biographies of the justices of the Michigan Supreme Court from its territorial beginnings in 1803, updated through 2015. The book also includes narratives of twenty high-profile Michigan Supreme Court cases; valuable charts detailing election dates and candidates, and court compositions; lists of chief justices; and a history of the structural evolution of the Michigan Supreme Court.
Brief description: David G. Chardavoyne has been adjunct and visiting faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and at Wayne State University Law School since 2001.
Review Quotes: "This will be an invaluable companion to anyone interested in Michigan history and Michigan law. Interweaving biographies and careful analysis of major cases, Professor Chardavoyne has done a favor to all historians, legal scholars, attorneys, judges, and legislators interested in Michigan."
--Paul Finkelman, Senior Fellow, Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism, University of Pennsylvania