Description:
In each of these roughly two dozen cases, the authors address a number of questions that provide readers with a deeper understanding of the Court and its policies: How did the conflict originate? What role did organized interests have in the case? What did the litigants, personally and professionally, have at stake? What was the practical result of the Court's decision? Did the Court respond to lobbying or public opinion? These detailed historical and personal accounts in this all-new collection of essays offer engaging and illuminating perspectives on law and politics.
Review Quotes:
The editors and an impressive group of contributors have produced a valuable book. The book's essays tell the stories behind major decisions of the Supreme Court and examine the causes and effects of the Court's decisions. As a result, the book provides a rich understanding of the people and processes that shape constitutional law.
--Lawrence Baum, Ohio State University