by David P. Currie



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Product Description:

The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century traces the
development of the Supreme Court from Chief Justice Fuller (1888-1910) to
the retirement of Chief Justice Burger (1969-1986). Currie argues that the
Court's work in its second century revolved around two issues: the
constitutionality of the regulatory and spending programs adopted to
ameliorate the hardships caused by the Industrial Revolution and the need
to protect civil rights and liberties. Organizing the cases around the
tenure of specific chief justices, Currie distinguishes among the
different methods of constitutional exegesis, analyzes the various
techniques of opinion writing, and evaluates the legal performance of
different Courts.

"Elegant and readable. Whether you are in favor of judicial restraint or
judicial activism, whatever your feelings about the Warren Court, or the
Renquist Court, this is a book that justifies serious study."--Robert
Stevens, New York Times Book Review

Product Details

Paperback: 682 pages
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; Reprint edition (February 10, 1994)
ISBN: 0226131122