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Author: David M. O'Brien
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Imprint: University Press of Kansas
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.520kg
ISBN: 9780700625185
ISBN 10: 0700625186
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 December 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Despite the plethora of books on Brown v. Board, David O'Brien has given us a new and striking look at that decision. Utilizing Justice Jackson's unpublished opinion, he brilliantly recreates the debate that took place within the Marble Palace, and in doing so, makes us rethink some basic assumptions about the greatest case of the twentieth century. O'Brien once again shows why he is one of the today's foremost scholars of the Court. - Melvin I. Urofsky, author of Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's Constitutional Dialogue O'Brien's informative new book offers a comprehensive examination and reevaluation of the ongoing controversies over Justice Robert H. Jackson's motivations and actions in Brown v. Board of Education. Building off the six drafts of Jackson's unpublished opinion in this case, O'Brien usefully provides a new window not only into Jackson's role in this case, but into the Court\'s final ruling as well. - Charles Zelden, author of Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy, Abridged and Updated
"Despite the plethora of books on Brown v. Board, David O’Brien has given us a new and striking look at that decision. Utilizing Justice Jackson’s unpublished opinion, he brilliantly recreates the debate that took place within the Marble Palace, and in doing so, makes us rethink some basic assumptions about the greatest case of the twentieth century. O’Brien once again shows why he is one of the today’s foremost scholars of the Court."""" - Melvin I. Urofsky, author of Dissent and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court’s History and the Nation’s Constitutional Dialogue """"O’Brien’s informative new book offers a comprehensive examination and reevaluation of the ongoing controversies over Justice Robert H. Jackson’s motivations and actions in Brown v. Board of Education. Building off the six drafts of Jackson’s unpublished opinion in this case, O’Brien usefully provides a new window not only into Jackson’s role in this case, but into the Court\’s final ruling as well."""" - Charles Zelden, author of Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American Democracy, Abridged and Updated"
Author Information
David M. O’Brien is Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He is the author, among other books, of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, winner of the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award.
