Dissent and the Supreme Court : its role in the Court's history and the nation's constitutional dialogue /

Melvin Urofsky's major new book looks at the role of dissent in the Supreme Court and the meaning of the Constitution through the greatest and longest lasting public-policy debate in the country's history, among members of the Supreme Court, between the Court and the other branches of gove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urofsky, Melvin I. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Dissent and the constitutional dialogue
  • From Seriatim to the opinion of the court
  • From Marshall to Dred Scott
  • Field, slaughterhouse, and Munn
  • John Marshall Harlan : the first great dissenter
  • Mis-en-scène 1 : Harlan and Holmes in Lochner v. New York
  • Holmes and Brandeis dissenting
  • Mis-en-scène 2 : Brandeis in Olmstead v. United States
  • The return of Seriatim : causes
  • The prima donnas I : personalities and issues of wartime
  • Mis-en-scène 3 : Wiley Rutledge and in re Yamashita
  • The prima donnas II : incorporation, criminal procedure, and free speech
  • Mis-en-scène 4 : black in Betts v. Brady
  • Lower federal courts, the states, and foreign tribunals
  • Continuing themes : from Warren to Roberts
  • Mis-en-scène 5 : Marshall, Brennan, and capital punishment
  • Coda.