"A detailed account of a foundational Supreme Court case that is also a very readable historical narrative. Deftly intertwining legal, social, and political history, Fliter and Hoff illuminate the groundbreaking depression-era case of Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell, with ended the long hold of the United States Constitution's Contract Clause on legislative mortgage relief."—Agricultural History
"A comprehensive study of a particular case in US constitutional law. In this instance, the case is Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell, in which the US Supreme Court upheld the Minnesota Mortgage Moratorium Act of 1933 against a challenge by businesses and banks that it violated the US Constitution's contract clause. By placing this case within the context of the Great Depression and the politics cleaving the nation at the time, Fliter and Hoff bring the case to life and provide a greater understanding to its relevance by adding a postscript on the mortgage crisis afflicting the US in 2012. Highly recommended."—Choice
"A noteworthy contribution. . . . Will be especially useful for educators who are non-specialists in constitutional history. The authors’ clear organization, vivid description of the events that led to the Blaisdell case, discussion of relevant pre- and post-Blaisdell jurisprudence, and concise prose make the book a valuable resource for students, scholars, and general readers."—Kansas History
"...an interesting, timely piece of scholarship...If you are in search of an original and fresh was to introduce politics and law in the Great Depression or to introduce students to broader tensions between individual rights and the public interest and historical controversies over the meaning of the Constitution, this book has a lot to offer." —Perspectives on Politics
“I recommend Fighting Foreclosure to economic historians of property rights and institutions, as well as those who study mortgage markets and the Great Depression. The book is highly readable and informative."—EH.Net, Economic History Association
“An engaging and wide-ranging history and doctrinal analysis of an important case that also explains why Blaisdell is relevant to the present mortgage foreclosure crisis.”—William G. Ross, author of The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes
“A case study in constitutional history as it ought to be written, with a keen eye to the political and social setting, the often-neglected role of lawyers and lower-court jurists, and the ironies and limits of litigation.”—Michael Parrish, author of The Hughes Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy
“A very readable and extremely timely study of a key Great Depression-era case.”—Paul Kens, author of Lochner v. New York: Economic Regulation on Trial
