| A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law Contributor(s): Tushnet, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393327574 ISBN-13: 9780393327571 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: "An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--"Kirkus Reviews" In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court--and the nation--hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party and those who, though considered to be in the Court's center, represent an older Republican tradition. As a result, the Court has modestly promoted the agenda of today's economic conservatives, but has regularly defeated the agenda of social issues conservatives--while paving the way for more radically conservative path in the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Courts - General - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 347.732 |
| LCCN: 2006279755 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.32" (0.83 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party and those who, though considered to be in the Court's center, represent an older Republican tradition. As a result, the Court has modestly promoted the agenda of today's economic conservatives, but has regularly defeated the agenda of social issues conservatives; while paving the way for more radically conservative path in the future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tushnet, Mark: - Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the author of A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law. He divides his time between Washington, DC, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. |