Overview
""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.
Full Product Details
Author: Jeffrey Rosen ,
Thirteen/Wnet
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
Imprint: Holt Paperback
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 20.10cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780805086850
ISBN 10: 0805086854
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 December 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Authoritative analysis of how the justices' quirks of personality and temperament have shaped American law and made the Court one of our strongest institutions ... An illuminating look at the human side of the highest court. - Kirkus Reviews
Authoritative analysis of how the justices' quirks of personality and temperament have shaped American law and made the Court one of our strongest institutions ... An illuminating look at the human side of the highest court. - Kirkus Reviews
""Authoritative analysis of how the justices' ""quirks of personality and temperament"" have shaped American law and made the Court one of our strongest institutions ... An illuminating look at the human side of the highest court."" - Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Jeffrey Rosen is a professor of law at George Washington University and the legal affairs editor of The New Republic. He is the author of The Most Democratic Branch, The Naked Crowd, and The Unwanted Gaze. His articles have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New Yorker. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio and lives in Washington, D.C.
