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In the Balance
Mark Tushnet
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Hardcover. An examination of the initial years of the Roberts Court and the intellectual battle between Roberts and Kagan for leadership. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions unmistakably—though not always predictably—determined by politics as much as by law, on a Court almost perfectly politically divided.
When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions unmistakably—though not always predictably—determined by politics as much as by law, on a Court almost perfectly politically divided.
Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law expert Mark Tushnet clarifies the lines of conflict and what is at stake on the Supreme Court as it hangs “in the balance” between its conservatives and its liberals.
Clear and deeply knowledgeable on both points of law and the Court’s key players, Tushnet offers a nuanced ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393073447
SKU
V9780393073447
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About Mark Tushnet
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.
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