In a compelling and character-driven narrative, the noted Supreme Court expert Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Court through four personal and philosophical rivalries that have transformed the law - and, by extension, ou daily lives. Focusing on the remarkable clashes of eight larger-than-life personnalities who dominated the Court - Chief Justice John Marshall and President Thomas Jefferson; post-Civil War justices John Marshell Harlan and Oliver Wendell Holmes; liberal icons Hugo Black and William O. Douglas; and conservative icons William H. Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia - Rosen brings vividly to life the perennial rivalry between those justices guided by strong ideology and those who forge coalitions and adjust to new realities. The narrative concludes with a revealing conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts, who explains his own attempt to transform the culture of the Court in unexpected ways. The stakes, Rosen shows, are nothing less than the future of American jurisprudence.

Auteur

Jeffrey Rosen

Éditeur

Holt

ISBN

9780805086850

Langue

anglais

Année de publication

2007

Catégorie

Politique

Nombre de pages

274

Condition

Très bon état