Making Our Democracy Work A Judge's View
Breyer, Stephen
Sold by Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since December 6, 2005
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Add to basketSold by Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since December 6, 2005
Condition: Very Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2010. 288 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Stephen Breyer on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text has notes and marks present to the margins. Binding tight and solid. Justice Breyer was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 (and, of course, he serves for life, as mandated by the Constitution). His book partners well with Jeffrey Toobin s well-received The Nine (2007) , which is an account of the politics and personalities of the current Supreme Court. Breyer projects a larger context, supplying both historical and judicial background to give the nonspecialist a generalized picture of how the Supreme Court works. He explains the Court s role in ensuring a workable democracy, in guaranteeing that the Constitution works in practice and in the real world. Certainly an interesting aspect of this greatly informative book is Breyer s look back over the history of the republic to see how the public and even the U. S. President has accepted Court decisions. (It is not readily imaginable, to be sure, but, nevertheless, it is dramatically illustrated here that such acceptance was a principle that was not easy to plant within social and political consciousnesses. ) Breyer is emphatic that "at the end of the day, the public s confidence is what permits the Court to ensure a Constitution that is more than words on paper. " A book for all citizens. EB; 9.2 X 5.8 X 1.2 inches; 288 pages; Signed by Author.
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