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Supreme Court The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America

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ISBN-10: 0805081828

ISBN-13: 9780805081824

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Jeffrey Rosen, Thirteen/WNET, Thirteen/WNET

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A leading Supreme Court expert recounts the personal and philosophical rivalries that forged our nation's highest court and continue to shape our daily lives "The Supreme Court" is the most mysterious branch of government, and yet the Court is at root a human institution, made up of very bright people with very strong egos, for whom political and judicial conflicts often become personal. In this compelling work of character-driven history, Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Court through the personal and philosophical rivalries on the bench that transformed the law--and by extension, our lives. The story begins with the great Chief Justice John Marshall and President Thomas…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Jeffrey Rosenis a professor of law at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He also serves as legal editor for the New Republic and is the author of several books, including The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America(Times Books, 2007) and The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age(Random House, 2005). Benjamin Wittesis a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and served nine years as an editorial writer with the Washington Post. His previous books include Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor after Guant�namo(Brookings, 2010) and Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of…    

WNET, channel 13, is a non-commercial television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the three-state New York metropolitan area, WNET is a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service, and a primary provider of PBS programming.

Introduction: A Question of Temperament
The Virginia Aristocrats
The Legacy of the Civil War
Liberty and License
Two Faces of Conservatism
Conclusion: The Future of Temperament
Cases Cited
Notes
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index