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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, IL : American Bar Association, c2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF8742.A5 S863 2001x | Off-site |
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- 492 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Best of the ABA journal
- Uniform Title
- The Best of the ABA journal.
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- Biographies
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION ONE: THE POWER TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION: ORIGINS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW-ONGOING CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSIES -- Chapter 1 Marbury v. Madison: The Cornerstone of Constitutional Law / Harold H. Burton -- Chapter 2 Six Cases That Shaped America / Paul Reidinger -- Chapter 3 The Last Word Debate:How Social and Political Forces Shape Constitutional Values / Neal Devins -- Chapter 4 Storms Over the Supreme Court / Paul A. Freund -- Chapter 5 The Role of the Supreme Court / Anthony Lewis -- SECTION TWO: PORTRAITS OF PAST AND PRESENT JUSTICES -- Chapter 1 John Marshall: A Judicial Pioneer / Douglas H. Gordon -- Chapter 2 Chief Justice Marshall: Expounder of the Constitution / Earl Warren -- Chapter 3 Roger Brooke Taney: A Great Chief Justice / Charles Evans Hughes -- Chapter 4 Oliver Wendell Holmes: The Lawyer / Harry C. Shriven -- Chapter 5 The Secret of Mr. Justice Holmes / Harold R. McKinnort -- Chapter 6 William Howard Taft: President by Chance, Chief Justice by Choice / Alpheus Thomas Mason -- Chapter 7 The Judicial Career of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes / Robert H. Jackson -- Chapter 8 Benjamin Cardozo: A Judge Most Eminent / Michael Bernick -- Chapter 9 Mr. Justice Frankfurter: A Heritage for All Who Love the Law / Tom C. Clark -- Chapter 10 Hugo Black: He Has Joined the Giants / John P Frank -- Chapter 11 Justice Harlan: The Full Measure of the Man" / Nathan Lewin -- Chapter 12 William J. Brennan, Jr.: The Great Persuader / David O. Stewart -- Chapter 13 Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.: Architect of the Bill of Rights / Laurence H. Tribe -- Chapter 14 The Legacy of Justice Byron White / Kenneth Jost -- Chapter 15 Thurgood Marshall: A Roundtable on America's First Black Justice / Stephanie B. Goldberg -- Chapter 16 Clerking for Justice Marshall / Glen M. Darbyshire -- Chapter 17 Chief Enigma: The U.S. Supreme Court under Warren Burger / A. E. Dick Howard -- Chapter 18 Justice Defined: Harry A. Blackmun / Richard C. Reuben -- Chapter 19 The Reluctant Justice: Lewis F. Powell Jr / Christina Brooks Whitman -- Chapter 20 Chief Justice Rehnquist:New and Improved? / Lincoln Caplan -- Chapter 21 Holding the Center: Sandra Day O'Connor / Stewart -- Chapter 22 Antonin Scalia: Intellectual Challenger to Accepted Doctrinal Approaches / Bruce Fein -- Chapter 23 Justice Scalia: Not a Coalition Builder / Alexander Wohl -- Chapter 24 Justice Clarence Thomas: A Jurisprudential Vision Based on Original Intent / Christopher E. Smith -- Chapter 25 The Second Woman Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Stephanie B. Goldberg -- SECTION THREE: QUALITIES AND IDEOLOGIES OF THE JUSTICES -- Chapter 1 The Supreme Court in the Mirror of Justices / Felix Frankfurter -- Chapter 2 Will the Real ConservativesPlease Stand Up? / Robert Glennon -- Chapter 3 Should Supreme Court Justices Have Life Tenure? / Stephen Gillers -- Chapter 4 A Right to Talk / Vincent Martin Bonventre and Lloyd B. Snyder -- SECTION FOUR: INTERNAL OPERATION OF THE COURT -- Chapter 1 The Supreme Court:Past and Present / William H. Rehnquist -- Chapter 2 Myths and Misconceptions About the Supreme Court / Lewis F Powell, Jr -- Chapter 3 What Really Goes on at the Supreme Court / Lewis F Powell, Jr -- Chapter 4 The Brethren: Focusing on the Wrong Secrecy / Alan B. Morrison -- Chapter 5 A Penchant for Privacy: Court Discourages Advocates Angling for Openness / Steve France -- SECTION FIVE: APPOINTMENT OF NEW JUSTICES -- Chapter 1 Political Philosophy and Supreme Court Justices / Barry Goldwater -- Chapter 2 Appointing Strangers / David O. Stewart -- Chapter 3 Balance of Power: The Senate, the President and Supreme Court Nominees / Russell W Galloway -- Chapter 4 Supreme Court Nominations: Should President Clinton Apply a Litmus Test? Yes: A Solemn Duty Nadine Strossen No: Don't Get Down to Cases / Bruce Fein -- Chapter 5 Did Bork Say Too Much? / Henry J. Reske -- Chapter 6 What's the Alternative? A Roundtable on the Confirmation Process / Martin H. Redish and Stephanie B. Goldberg -- SECTION SIX: LAWYERING BEFORE THE COURT -- Chapter 1 The Uncertainty of Cert: Predicting the Court's Choice of Cases Can be Anyone's Guess / Stewart -- Chapter 2 The 10 Commandments of Certiorari / Edward R. Leahy -- Chapter 3 Friends with Agendas / Alexander Wohl -- Chapter 4 May It Please the Court / Stewart -- Chapter 5 Takeover Specialists: Why Many Litigators Hand Their Cases to High Court Pros / Steve France -- Chapter 6 Say the Right Thing / David G. Savage -- TABLE OF CASES -- INDEX
- ISBN
- 1570737606
- LCCN
- ^^^00044752^
- OCLC
- 44267746
- SCSB-10221409
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library