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With its ability to review and interpret all American law, the Supreme Court of the United States is arguably the most influential branch of government. Yet, institutionally, it is the least powerful. Its authority relies entirely on the willing consent of the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government and of the American people to accept it as law's ultimate arbiter. Perhaps for this very reason the Court has taken great care to shield...
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John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical role in defining the "province of the judiciary" and the constitutional limits of legislative action. In this masterly study, Charles Hobson clarifies the coherence and thrust of Marshall's jurisprudence while keeping in sight the man as well as the jurist. Hobson argues that contrary to his critics, Marshall...
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This is a thoroughly researched book on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Warren Burger. Schwartz (law, NYU Law School), author of Super Chief: Earl Warren and His Supreme Court ( LJ 4/15/83) , looks at the important Burger Court decisions. Rather than confining the book to landmark cases, Schwartz examines those cases which exemplify his theses--that Burger himself was not as effective as the entire Court he supervised; that the Court was a logical...
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Steamer analyzes the style and substance of the 15 U.S. Chief Justices who have managed the Supreme Court's business and directed the judicial machinery of the nation. Approaching the subject in a comparative rather than chronological manner, he groups the chiefs according to their leadership styles--their inspiration and conviction, their persuasion and example, and their political and extra-court activities. He also evaluates the justices' intellectual...
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Publisher's description: Beginning with the debates over judicial power in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to controversial rulings on slavery, racial segregation, free speech, school prayer, abortion, and gay rights, constitutional scholar Peter Irons offers a penetrating look at the highest court in the land. Here are revealing sketches of every justice from John Jay to Stephen Breyer, as well as portraits of such legal giants as John Marshall,...
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"'The Supreme Court follows the election returns, ' the fictional Mr. Dooley observed a hundred years ago. And for all our ideals and dreams of a disinterested judiciary, above the political fray, it seems Mr. Dooley was right. In this engaging--and disturbing--book, a leading historian of the Court reveals the close fit between its decisions and the nation's politics."--Jacket.
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