Author: William H. Rehnquist
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: court, supreme
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-02-05
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0375708618
ISBN-13: 9780375708619

This new edition of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s classic book offers a lively and accessible history of the Supreme Court. His engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court’s history, from Chief Justice Marshall’s dominance of the Court during the early nineteenth century through the landmark decisions of the Warren Court. Citing cases such as the Dred Scott decision and Roosevelt’s Court-packing plan, Rehnquist makes clear that the Court does not operate in a vacuum, that the justices are unavoidably influenced by their surroundings, and that

Author: Craig Bradley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: legacy, rehnquist
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2005-12-19
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0521859190
ISBN-13: 9780521859196

During the thirty-three years William Rehnquist has been on the Supreme Court, nineteen as Chief Justice, significant developments have defined the American legal landscape. This book is a legal biography of Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court and the legacy he created. It is an intensive examination of his thirty-three year legacy as a Supreme Court Justice based on his Court opinions, primarily in the area of constitutional law, and written by a group of legal scholars each of whom is a specialist in the area covered by his/her chapter.

Author: Thomas R. Marshall
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: court, rehnquist, opinion, public
Number of Pages: 269
Published: 2008-02-21
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0791473473
ISBN-13: 9780791473474

Examines the complex relationship between American public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Author: the late Bernard Schwartz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: court, rehnquist, opinions, unpublished
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1996-01-04
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0195093321
ISBN-13: 9780195093322

This behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the Rehnquist Court shows how changes that came about between drafts and final opinions have made for substantial differences in the law in the various fields involved. Among the ten cases examined by Schwartz are key abortion cases Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Hodgson v. Minnesota; and a civil rights case, Paterson v. McLean Credit Union. Schwartz considers the draft opinions and offers an explanation why the drafts were not issued as final. In particular, Schwartz considers what would have happened if the draft opinions had been f

Authors:Abraham L. Davis, Barbara Luck Graham,
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: marshall, rehnquist, rights, civil, court, race, supreme
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1995-07-25
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 0803972202
ISBN-13: 9780803972209

Providing a well-rounded presentation of the constitution and evolution of civil rights in the United States, this book will be useful for students and academics with an interest in civil rights, race and the law. Abraham L Davis and Barbara Luck Graham’s purpose is: to give an overview of the Supreme Court and its rulings with regard to issues of equality and civil rights; to bring law, political science and history into the discussion of civil rights and the Supreme Court; to incorporate the politically disadvantaged and the human component into the discussion; to stimulate discussio

Author: Mark Tushnet
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: court, law, constitutional, rehnquist, divided, future
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2005-11-28
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0393327574
ISBN-13: 9780393327571

"An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--Kirkus Reviews In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party a

Author: Mark Tushnet
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Keywords: court, law, constitutional, rehnquist, divided, future
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2005-01-30
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0393058689
ISBN-13: 9780393058680

On the eve of Justice Rehnquist’s retirement, a penetrating view of the dynamics—political and personal—of the Supreme Court. Many think that the Rehnquist Court’s most important division is between its liberals and its conservatives, when in reality the division lies between two types of Republican conservatives. Some—Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas—are in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party, while Kennedy and O’Connor, considered to be in the Court’s center, represent an older Republican tradition. As a result, the Court has modestly promoted th