The Burger Court : counter-revolution or confirmation? / edited by Bernard Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwartz, Bernard, 1923-1997.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

United States. Supreme Court--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Burger Court' is a comprehensive overview and evaluation of Chief Justice Burger and the Court he led from 1969-1987. Consisting of original papers written for the Burger Court Conference, the book has contributions from such distinguished scholars as Derrick Bell, Anthony Lewis, and Robert Drinan.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. My Life on the Court; 3. The Players and the Play; I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL CORPUS; 4. The Burger Court's Place on the Bell Curve of Racial Jurisprudence; 5. Women as Constitutional Equals: The Burger Court's Overdue Evolution; 6. Liberty and Sexuality; 7. Freedom of Speech; 8. Freedom of the Press; 9. Church and State; 10. The Burger Court and Criminal Justice: A Counter-Revolution in Expectations; 11. Economic Rights; 12. Federalism; II: A BROADER PERSPECTIVE; 13. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the Legal Profession

14. The Burger Court in Historical Perspective: The Triumph of Country-Club Republicanism15. A Journalist's Perspective; 16. A Public Interest Lawyer's Perspective; 17. The Court and State Constitutional Law; 18. The Burger Court in Action; 19. International Impact; 20. The Burger Court: A Critique; 21. The Legacy of the Burger Court

Notes:

"Based on the papers presented at a major conference in 1996 at the University of Tulsa College of Law"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-53004-9

0-19-535273-4

1-4294-1582-7

OCLC:

476012768