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This close analysis of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.'s, jurisprudence on the eve of his death on July 24, 1997, demonstrates why Brennan deserves to be recognized as the most important liberal jurist of the twentieth century. David E. Marion offers a careful review of Brennan's opinions that clarifies his defense of libertarian dignity and illustrates the profound political and constitutional impact of Brennan's opinions on public discourse and government policy. This is must reading for anyone interested in the role of the judiciary in modern American public life.

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Marion carefully and objectively examines Brennan's opinions and writings . . . Marion reminds the reader of the more sober teaching of the founding generation who relied on a 'government of laws, and not men' for our political salvation.--Ralph A. Rossum, PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL SCIENCE, Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism, Claremont McKenna College

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David E. Marion is professor of political science at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.

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