The Great Justices, 1941-54: Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, and Jackson in Chambers
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0472115367 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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He holds a J.D. By pulling aside the veil of decorous tradition, Domnarski brings to light the personalities that shaped one of the greatest Courts of our time-one whose decisions continue to affect judicial thinking today.William Domnarski is the author of In the Opinion of the Court (1996), a study of the history and nature of federal court judicial opinions. Yet the Court's work is always an interchange of ideas and individuals, and the men and women who make up the Court, despite or because of their best intentions, are as human as the rest of us. from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. Appreciating that human dimension helps us to discover some of the Court's secrets, and a new way to understand the Court and its role.Comparing four brilliant but very different jurists of the Roosevelt Court-Hugo Black, William O. Domnarski currently practices law in California, where he is also working on a forthcoming biography of legendary Hollywood lawyer Bert Fields.. in English from the University of California. The Great Justices offers a revealing glimpse of a judicial universe in which titanic egos often clash, and comes as close as any book ever has to getting inside the minds of Supreme Court jurists.This is rare and little-examined territory: in
About the Author William Domnarski is a practicing intellectual property attorney in Riverside, California and author of In the Opinion of the Court, an analysis of the relationship between style and substance in Supreme Court opinions.
William Domnarski is a practicing intellectual property attorney in Riverside, California and author of In the Opinion of the Court, an analysis of the relationship between style and substance in Supreme Court opinions.
Ronald H. Clark said Quite Interesting Portraits of Four Important Justices. This book is comprised of profiles of four leading Supreme Court Justices during the (roughly) 19Quite Interesting Portraits of Four Important Justices Ronald H. Clark This book is comprised of profiles of four leading Supreme Court Justices during the (roughly) 1940's through 1970's period. The author suggests he is dissatisfied with judicial biographies because they do not focus on the "dual nature" of the Court--i.e., the Court speaking through not only majority opinions but also via the individual justices involved in contributing to its opinions. Instead, the author posits the idea of "assessment-seeking judicial profiles" as a superior technique.The author's approach is highly biographical, with some attention to substantive legal developments, and heavy emphasis is plac. 0's through 1970's period. The author suggests he is dissatisfied with judicial biographies because they do not focus on the "dual nature" of the Court--i.e., the Court speaking through not only majority opinions but also via the individual justices involved in contributing to its opinions. Instead, the author posits the idea of "assessment-seeking judicial profiles" as a superior technique.The author's approach is highly biographical, with some attention to substantive legal developments, and heavy emphasis is plac. Stars in Chambers A short book that falls between pure court history and pure judicial biography. It is for readers deeply interested in the U.S. Supreme Court as an institution, and highlights four famous justices as they interacted in a period now over a half-century past. Using this time and these justices, William Domnarski gives his view on how the high court really works.Douglas is given the highest marks, with Black, Frankfurter, and Jackson all found wanting in balance. The degree of national elective office political ambition alive then on the court will be a surprise to those more familiar with present day standards--as