Do great cases make bad law
Bloom, Lackland H.Author
Justice Holmes proclaimed that 'great cases, like hard cases make bad law'. He explained that this was so because the 'hydraulic pressures' of the great case tend to distort the judgements of the justices. The purpose of this book is to examine 25 great cases that arose throughout the history of the Supreme Court and to attempt to determine whether Holmes was correct. More particularly, the book discusses the impact that the greatness of the case may have had on its presentation to the Court, the Court's deliberations, the decision, the opinion and the law that was created.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Justice Holmes proclaimed that 'great cases, like hard cases make bad law'. He explained that this was so because the 'hydraulic pressures' of the great case tend to distort the judgements of the justices. The purpose of this book is to examine 25 great cases that arose throughout the history of the Supreme Court and to attempt to determine whether Holmes was correct. More particularly, the book discusses the impact that the greatness of the case may have had on its presentation to the Court, the Court's deliberations, the decision, the opinion and the law that was created.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 28, 2014).
Marbury v. Madison -- Mcculloch v. Maryland -- Gibbons v. Ogden -- Prigg v. Pennsylvania -- Scott v. Sanford -- The legal tender cases -- The slaughter-house cases -- The civil rights cases -- Pollack v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. -- NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. -- Dennis v. United States -- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer -- Brown v. Board of Education -- The reapportionment cases -- New York Times v. Sullivan -- Miranda v. Arizona -- The Pentagon papers case -- Roe and Casey -- United States v. Nixon -- Bakke, Grutter & Gratz -- Bush v. Gore -- National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius -- Do great cases make bad law?.
United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional law
Political questions and judicial power
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Law - U.S. - General