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Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
Jeffrey Rosen
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Description for Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
Hardback. A riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HBJK; HBLW; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
A riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was the Jewish Jefferson, the greatest critic of what he called the curse of bigness, in business and government, since the author of the Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June 1, 1916, Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet argues that Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the twentieth century. ... Read more
A riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was the Jewish Jefferson, the greatest critic of what he called the curse of bigness, in business and government, since the author of the Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June 1, 1916, Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet argues that Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the twentieth century. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Jewish Lives
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300158670
SKU
V9780300158670
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About Jeffrey Rosen
Jeffrey Rosen is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, professor of law at the George Washington University Law School, and a contributing editor of the Atlantic.
Reviews for Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
A concise and sympathetic exploration of Brandeis's main intellectual causes. . . . Mr. Rosen persuasively makes his case that recognizing Brandeis as an 'American prophet' . . . 'seems more important today than ever.' -Adam Cohen, New York Times An elegant and judicious look at the extraordinary jurist whose pioneering opinions on the sanctity of privacy and ... Read more