Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court Paperback - 2005
by Edward Lazarus
The author of "Black Hills/White Justice" offers an inside look at the most secretive institution in the American government--the Supreme Court. of photos.
Summary
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"Operating within a Network of Byzantine Secrecy, The United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial institution in the world. Nine unelected justices are charged with protecting our most cherished rights and shaping our fundamental laws."--BOOK JACKET. "In this account, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, provides an insider's guided tour of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus weaves together past and present to reveal how law, politics, and personality collide in the Court's inner sanctum."--BOOK JACKET.
Details
- Title Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
- Author Edward Lazarus
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 608
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York Ontario London
- Date 2005-04-26
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780143035275 / 0143035274
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.32 x 1.31 in (20.57 x 13.51 x 3.33 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History, Political questions and judicial power -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005273979
- Dewey Decimal Code 347.732
Media reviews
"Lazarus has opened a window on matters that are usually kept secret. … [He] should be praised … for shedding light where it is needed." —The Washington Post
"Impeccably resarched and impressibly documented … will fascinate diehard court-watchers." —The Boston Globe
"The Court needs critics—and members—with Lazarus's intellectual clarity and deep attachment to its best traditions." —Los Angeles Times
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