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Subtitle: the rise, fall, and future of the modern Supreme Court
By: Edward Lazarus.
Edition: [Rev. ed.].
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 598
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court -- History; Clerks of court -- United States -- History; Judicial process -- United States -- History; Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History
Other titles: Rise, fall, and future of the modern Supreme Court
Description: The author, a former law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun, provides accounts of how Supreme Court justices balance the law, politics, and their own personalities when making decisions.
Notes: "Updated with a new chapter"--Cover p. 1.