Sponsored by the tennessee supreme court historical society this book is written for anyone interested in tennessee history in general or legal history in particular appendixes include a comprehensive table of cases and biographical information about all the courts judges. In this first comprehensive history of the tennessee supreme court seven leading scholars . The tennessee supreme court is the ultimate judicial tribunal of the state of tennessee jeffrey s bivins is the chief justice unlike other states in which the state attorney general is directly elected or appointed by the governor or state legislature the tennessee supreme court appoints the tennessee attorney general. In this first comprehensive history of the tennessee supreme court seven leading scholars explore the role played by the court in the social economic and political life of the state charting the evolution and organization of the court and its predecessor the superior court of law and equity the authors also assess the work of the court within the larger context of the legal history of