An Essential Safeguard: Essays on the United States Supreme Court and Its Justices

by Donald Grier Stephenson Jr.

This timely collection examines the record of current and recent justices in fashioning the Constitution and looks at the larger political context in which their work has occurred. The eight essays, written by distinguished scholars of the Supreme Court, review the achievements of current Justices O'Connor and Rehnquist as well as recent justices Douglas, Black, and Harlan. The essay on Justice O'Connor is one of the first overall assessments of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031327438X
• ISBN13: 9780313274381
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"