The Texas Supreme CourtFew people realize that in the area of law, Texas began its American journey far ahead of most of the rest of the country, far more enlightened on such subjects as womens rights and the protection of debtors. Thus James Haley begins this highly readable account of the Texas Supreme Court. The first book length history of the Court published since 1917, it tells the story of the Texas Supreme Court from its origins in the Republic of Texas to the