The Supreme Court The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
, by Rosen, Jeffrey; Thirteen/WNETNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780805081824 | 0805081828
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/9/2007
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, our daily lives. Focusing on the remarkable clashes of eight larger-than-life personalities who dominated the Court-Chief Justice John Marshall and President Thomas Jefferson; post-Civil War justices John Marshall 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.