琼•比斯丘皮克（Joan Biskupic），1956年生，美国资深法律记者。毕业于乔治敦大学法学院。自1989年起，一直从事最高法院相关新闻的报道工作，先后就职于《国会季刊》、《华盛顿邮报》、《今日美国》（至今）。除本书外，还著有《大法官桑德奥康纳传：改变美国联邦最高法院》。

琼•比斯丘皮克（Joan Biskupic），1956年生，美国资深法律记者。毕业于乔治敦大学法学院。自1989年起，一直从事最高法院相关新闻的报道工作，先后就职于《国会季刊》、《华盛顿邮报》、《今日美国》（至今）。除本书外，还著有《大法官桑德奥康纳传：改变美国联邦最高法院》。

In this remarkable book, a national bestseller in hardcover, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, ideas, and landmark cases, O’Connor sheds new light on the basics, explor...(展开全部)

In a few thousand words the Constitution sets up the government of the United States and proclaims the basic human and political rights of its people. From the interpretation and elaboration of those words in over 500 volumes of Supreme Court cases comes the constitutional law that structures the United States government and defines the American people's individual relationship...(展开全部)

Charles Fried has been, by turns, advocate, judge and scholar in the field of constitutional law. He has now given us a wonderful book on the subject, a work of sparkling intelligence and moral maturity. Fried believes in the possibility of constitutional doctrine, in the careful and reasoned elaboration of constitutional principles over time. For those who think that the work ...(展开全部)

戴维·奥布赖恩（David M.O’Brien）：声名卓著的美国最高法院研究专家，弗吉尼亚大学政府与外交学讲座教授，曾深入最高法院，担任司法研究员和研究助理两年。编辑出版有两卷本的《宪法法与宪法政治》（Constitutional Law and Politics，第6版），参与编写了《民治政府》（Government By the People，第19-21版）。 胡晓进：中国政法大学讲师，南京大学历史学博士，长于美国史研究，代表作品有《在宪政舞台上：美国最高法院的历史轨迹》（合著），《美国最高法院》（合译）、《政治和命运》（合译）。 任东来：美国宪政史、中美关系史专家，南京大学-霍普金斯大学中美文化研究中心教授，代表作品有《美国宪政历程：塑造美国的25 个司法大案》、《在宪政舞台上：美国最高法院的历史轨迹》等。

From Publishers Weekly O'Connor, veteran associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, distills in this book the scores of talks she has given across the country and around the world in the 20 years since her accession to the high court. O'Connor, the author of the bestselling memoir Lazy B, is an enthusiast of the American legal system, reaching back to its origins in the Magna...(展开全部)

From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant...(展开全部)