Judges on judging : views from the bench / collected and edited by David M. O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Brien, David M.

Series:

Chatham House studies in political thinking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--United States.

Judges.

United States.

Judicial process--United States.

Judicial process.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Physical Description:

xx, 364 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chatham, N.J. : Chatham House, [1997]

Summary:

A "collection of essays by federal and state jurists, conservatives and liberals, ... [providing] insights into the nature and dynamics of the judicial process and various roles of the judge and the courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, in the American polity."

Contents:

I. Judicial review and American politics: historical and political perspectives : 1. The doctrine of judicial review: Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury / Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

2. The supreme court in the American system of government / Justice Robert H. Jackson

II. The dynamics of the judicial process : 3. Advice and consent in theory and practice / Judge Roger J. Miner

4. The adversary judge: the experience of the trial judge / Judge Marvin E. Frankel

5. What I ate for breakfast and other mysteries of judicial decision making / Judge Alex Kozinki

6. Whose federal judiciary is it anyway? / Judge Stephen Reinhardt

7. What really goes on at the supreme court / Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

8. The supreme court's conference / Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

9. Deciding what to decide: the docket and the rule of four / Justice John Paul Stevens

10. The role of oral argument / Justice John M. Harlan II

11. Precedent and policy: judicial opinions and decision making / Chief Justice Walter V. Schaefer

12. The office of the chief justice: Warren E. Burger and the administration of justice / Judge Edward A. Tamm and Justice Paul C. Reardon

III. The judiciary and the constitution : 13. The notion of a living constitution / Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

14. A relativistic constitution / Judge William Wayne Justice

15. The jurisprudence of judicial restraint: a return to the moorings / Judge J. Clifford Wallace

16. Tradition and morality in constitutional law / Judge Robert H. Bork

17. What am I, a potted plant? the case against strict constructionism / Judge Richard A. Posner

18.Originalism: the lesser evil / Justice Antonin Scalia

19. The constitution: a living document / Justice Thurgood Marshall

20. The constitution of the United States: contemporary ratification / Justice William J. Brennan Jr.

IV. The judiciary and federal regulation: line drawing and statutory construction : 21. Some reflections on the reading of statutes / Justice Felix Frankfurter

22. What does legislative history tell us? / Judge Frank H. Easterbrook

V. Our dual constitutional system: the bill of rights and the states : 23. The Bill of Rights / Justice Hugo L. Black

24. Guardians of our liberties- state courts no less than federal / Justice William J. Brennan Jr.

25. First things first: rediscovering the States' bill of rights / Justice Hans A. Linde

26. Trends in the relationship between the federal and state courts / Justice Sandra D. O'Connor

VI. The judicial role in a litigious society : 27. The role of the courts in contemporary society / Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert

28. The courts and social policy: substance and procedure / Judge Henry J. Friendly

29. The two faces of judicial activism / Judge William Wayne Justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Judges on judging.

ISBN:

1566430429

9781566430425

OCLC:

36066036