The Decline and Fall of the Supreme Court: Living Out the Nightmares of the Federalists

Christophe Faille

ISBN 10: 0275948269 / ISBN 13: 9780275948269

Published by Praeger (UK), 1995

About this Item

An examination of the contemporary work of the US Supreme Court and the advice and consent role of the Senate with regard to nominees to the court. The book describes the baleful effects of the recent theory known as "legal realism". Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPHC; LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490. . 1995. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Decline and Fall of the Supreme Court: Living Out the Nightmares of the Federalists
• Publisher: Praeger (UK)
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0275948269
• ISBN 13: 9780275948269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The Decline and Fall of the Supreme Court examines the contemporary work of the U.S. Supreme Court and the advice and consent role of the Senate with regard to nominees to the Court. After presenting historical background on the intentions of the federalists and 20th-century jurisprudence, the work describes the baleful effects of the recent theory known as legal realism. The author examines the most dramatic of those effects―the polarized, polarizing, and partisan confirmation hearings with which the United States has become familiar―beginning with Abe Fortas and culminating with Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. This study will be of interest to scholars and laypeople in American history, political science, and law.

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER C. FAILLE is a graduate of Marist College and the Western New England School of Law. He is a contributor to the Federal Bar News & Journal and is author of These Last Four Centuries (1988).