Louis D. Brandeis
Subtitle: American prophet
By: Jeffrey Rosen
Series: Jewish lives; Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780300158670
Subjects: United States; Judges; United States. Supreme Court; Biography; Jewish judges
Description: Louis D. Brandeis served on the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. A critic of what he called "the curse of bigness" in business and government, Brandeis wrote the most important Supreme Court opinions about free speech, freedom from government surveillance, and freedom of thought and opinion. Rosen provides a passionate argument for why Brandeis can teach us about historic and contemporary questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-240).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Isaiah and Jefferson; title: 1. The curse of bigness; title: 2. Other people's money; title: 3. Laboratories of democracy; title: 4. The perfect citizen in the perfect state; title: Epilogue: What would Brandeis do?