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The Supreme Court and its justices / edited by Jesse H. Choper.
- Title
- The Supreme Court and its justices / edited by Jesse H. Choper.
- Publication
- Chicago : American Bar Association, c1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF8742.A5 S863 1987 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 269 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Best of the ABA journal
- Uniform Title
- The Best of the ABA journal.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Section One: Establishment of the power of judicial review -- Marbury v. Madison: the cornerstone of Constitutional law / Harold H. Burton -- Section Two: Portraits of past justices -- John Marshall: a judicial pioneer / Douglas H. Gordon -- Chief Justice Marshall: expounder of the Constitution / Earl Warren -- Roger Brooke Taney: a great chief justice / Charles Evans Hughes -- Oliver Wendell Holmes: the lawyer / Harry C. Shriver -- The Secret of Mr. Justice Holmes / Harold R. McKinnon -- William Howard Taft: President by chance, Chief Justice by choice / Alpheus Thomas Mason -- The judicial career of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes / Robert H. Jackson -- Benjamin Cardozo: a judge most eminent / Michael Bernick -- Mr. Justice Frankfurter: "a heritage for all who love the law" / Tom C. Clark -- Hugo Black: he has joined the giants / John P. Frank -- Justice Harlan: "the full measure of the man" / Nathan Lewin --^
- Section Three: Qualities, characteristics and activities of past justices -- The Supreme Court in the mirror of justices / Felix Frankfurter -- Characteristics of Supreme Court greatness / Stuart S. Nagel -- The not so sinister Brandeis-Frankfurter connection / Lewis J. Paper -- Section Four: The Court as a center of controversy -- The Role of the Supreme Court: a newspaperman's view / Anthony Lewis -- Some reminiscences on many years in the law / Charles E. Whittaker -- Storms over the Supreme Court / Paul A. Freund -- Section Five: Internal operation of the Court -- The Supreme Court: past and present / William H. Rehnquist -- Myths and misconceptions about the Supreme Court / Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -- What really goes on at the Supreme Court / Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -- The Brethren: focusing on the wrong secrecy / Alan B. Morrison -- Section Six: Appointment of new justices -- Political philosophy and Supreme Court justices / Barry Goldwater --^
- What difference can a justice or two make? / Laurence H. Tribe -- Section Seven: Lawyering before the Court -- The 10 commandments of certiorari / Edward R. Leahy -- Some suggestions for effective case presentations / Robert H. Jackson.
- ISBN
- 0897072901 :
- LCCN
- ^^^87070334^
- OCLC
- 15984344
- SCSB-10118265
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library