The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges - Softcover

White, G. Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195139631 ISBN 13: 9780195139631

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

In this revised third edition of a classic in American jurisprudence, G. Edward White updates his series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to Oliver W. Holmes to Warren E. Burger, with a new chapter on the Rehnquist Court. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the careers and contributions of these renowned judges. In this updated edition, he argues that the Rehnquist Court's approach to constitutional interpretation may have ushered in a new stage in the American judicial tradition. The update also includes a new preface and revised bibliographic note.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Now available in an expanded and updated second edition, this highly-acclaimed volume presents a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to Warren Burger. G. Edward White traces the American judicial tradition through sketches of the careers and contributions of these renowned judges.

About the Author:

G. Edward White is University Professor and David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. He is author of several works of biography and law that include the award-winning Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and most recently, Alger Hiss's Looking Glass Wars.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0195139631
• ISBN 13: 9780195139631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 592