| Edition |
1st trade ed. |
| Description |
xx, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-318) and index. |
| Contents |
Life on the Court : what's it like? -- The court's agenda -- Judicial appointment and tenure : a history -- The Supreme Court reports -- Magna Carta and the rule of law -- The Constitution -- The ratification -- The evolution of the Bill of rights -- The Judiciary act of 1789 and American judicial tradition -- Impeachment and judicial independence -- A President, a Chief Justice and the writ of habeas corpus -- The rights of the individual and the legacy of Holmes -- William Howard Taft and the importance of unanimity -- Charles Evans Hughes and President Roosevelt's Court-expansion plan -- Thurgood Marshall : the influence of a raconteur -- Warren E. Burger -- Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -- Women in society : the American experience -- The women's suffrage movement and its aftermath -- Women in judging -- Women in power -- Organization and structure of the American judicial system -- Juries : problems and solutions -- Professionalism -- Broadening our horizons -- Shield of freedom : the American Constitution and its Court -- The life of the law : principles of logic and experience from the United States -- Through the looking glass and into the crystal ball. |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court.
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Judges.
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Rule of law.
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O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023.
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| Added Author |
Joyce, Craig.
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| ISBN |
0375509259 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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