Unrestrained
Subtitle: judicial excess and the mind of the American lawyer
By: Robert F. Nagel.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781412807432
Subjects: Judicial power -- United States.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States.; Justice, Administration of -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-141) and index.
Table of contents: value: A ship that will not turn; value: The rise of judicial power; value: The consequences of excess; value: Thinking like a lawyer; value: Realistic legalism; value: High principle and self-restraint; value: The mantra of legal authority; value: Political judgments; value: Training, experience, and instinct.