For decades, James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. Now he turns his eye to an institution of government that he believes has become more powerful, and more partisan, than the founding fathers ever intended—the Supreme Court. Much as we would like to believe that the Court remains aloof from ideological politics,...(展开全部)

From renowned political theorist James MacGregor Burns, an incisive critique of the overreaching power of an ideological Supreme Court For decades, Pulitzer Prize-winner James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. In Packing the Court , he turns his eye to the U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that he believes ...(展开全部)

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped down as Associate Justice to become a state judge in South Carolina; John Jay resigned as Chief Justice to run for Governor of New York; and Alexander Hamilton declined to replace Jay, pursuing a private law practice inst...(展开全部)

Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court is a 1998 book by Edward Lazarus, who served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun during the October Term 1988. Lazarus combines his reflections as a clerk with a substantial body of research to describe the collapse in comity between Justices - and particularly clerks - at the Supre...(展开全部)

罗伯特·麦克洛斯基：1916-1969，美国威斯康星大学文学专业毕业，是一位对美国政治制度运作感兴趣的政治学家，在哈佛大学任教，负责讲授最高法院一课，本书就是哈佛大学的讲义。 增补者列文森教授：麦克洛斯基在哈佛大学的得意门生，现在是得克萨斯大学奥斯汀校区法学院的讲座教授。

First published more than forty years ago, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the U.S. Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court. In this fourth edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey's magisterial treatment to address the Court's most recent decisions, including its controv...(展开全部)

Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the U.S. Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court. For this new fifth edition, Sanford Levinson extends McCloskey's magisterial treatment to address the Court's most recent decisions. As in prior editions, ...(展开全部)

杰弗里·图宾，1986年毕业于哈佛法学院，担任过纽约市布鲁克林区联邦助理检察官。现为《纽约客》杂志职业撰稿人，CNN资深法律评论员，是美国最出色的法律记者之一，著有一系列法律题材畅销书，包括：Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election（2002）；A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President（2000）；The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson（1997）； Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer’s First Case—United...(展开全部)

In The Nine , acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals an institution at a moment of tran...(展开全部)