Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court - Softcover

Henry David Abraham

9780195034806: Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195034805 ISBN 13: 9780195034806

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1985

This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.

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About the Author:

Henry J. Abraham, James Hart Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia.

Review:

Praise for the Third Edition: "Well worth acquiring because the author brings to bear an excellent combination of first-rate scholarship and fine writing ability."--Choice

"This edition of Henry Abraham's comprehensive analysis of the two-hundred years of presidential selection of members of the Supreme Court of the United States is exceptionally lucid, graceful, and delightfully written....The 1992 edition of Justices and Presidents is a splendid contribution."--Political Science Quarterly

Praise for the Second Edition:

"The highest tribunal is well presented as a tripartite entity, a legal, political, and human institution."--International Social Science Review

"[A] readable yet scholarly short history of appointees, their politics and performance throughout U.S. history."--Judicature

"A masterpiece of scholarly analysis. The pathbreaking achievement of 1974 has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the scholarship and events of the last decade. It remains the definitive work in the field of Supreme Court appointments."--Stanley C. Brubaker, Colgate University

"[Abraham's] are the meticulous judgments of a scholar and the provocative narrative of a first-rate writer. A superlative discussion."--Stephen R. Schlesinger, U.S. Department of Justice

"This book is the best known and most widely respected book on this topic....It reflects great scholarly analysis and a painstaking search for facts. The meticulous judgments are convincing. The prose is often lively and always highly readable. Its 450 pages went by quickly....A valuable and insightful treatise."--The Appellate Practice Journal and Update

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