Supreme Court - Couverture souple

Rosen, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0805086854 ISBN 13 : 9780805086850

Editeur : Griffin, 2007

Synopsis

"Superbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present."--David J. Garrow, American History

Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Supreme Court through the personal and philosophical rivalries that have transformed the law--and by extension, our lives. With studies of four crucial conflicts--Chief Justice John Marshall and President Thomas Jefferson; post-Civil War justices John Marshall Harlan and Oliver Wendell Holmes; liberal icons Hugo Black and William O. Douglas; and conservative stalwarts William H. Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia--Rosen brings vividly to life the perennial rivalry between those justices guided by strong ideology and those who cared more about the court as an institution, forging coalitions and adjusting to new realities. He ends with a revealing conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts, who is attempting to change the court in unexpected ways. The stakes, he shows, are nothing less than the future of American jurisprudence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jeffrey Rosen is the author of nonfiction books, including the recent Louis D. Brandeis and William Howard Taft. He is the president and chief executive officer of the National Constitution Center, a law professor at George Washington University, and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805086854
• ISBN 13: 9780805086850
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible