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Author Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964- author.

Title Louis D. Brandeis : American prophet / Jeffrey Rosen.

Publication Info. New Haven [Connecticut] ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 242 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Jewish lives
Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240).
Contents Introduction: Isaiah and Jefferson -- 1. The curse of bigness -- 2. Other people's money -- 3. Laboratories of democracy -- 4. The perfect citizen in the perfect state -- Epilogue: What would Brandeis do?
Summary According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was "the Jewish Jefferson," the greatest critic of what he called "the curse of bigness," in business and government, since the author of the Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June 1, 1916, Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet argues that Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the twentieth century. In addition to writing the most famous article on the right to privacy, he also wrote the most important Supreme Court opinions about free speech, freedom from government surveillance, and freedom of thought and opinion. And as the leader of the American Zionist movement, he convinced Woodrow Wilson and the British government to recognize a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Combining narrative biography with a passionate argument for why Brandeis matters today, Rosen explores what Brandeis, the Jeffersonian prophet, can teach us about historic and contemporary questions involving the Constitution, monopoly, corporate and federal power, technology, privacy, free speech, and Zionism. -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish judges -- United States -- Biography.
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941. (OCoLC)fst00031227
United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
Jewish judges. (OCoLC)fst00982799
Judges. (OCoLC)fst00984490
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
ISBN 9780300158670 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
030015867X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

 
    
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