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'How to fail as a therapist' is an indispensable guide that
includes more case examples and adds seven ways 'to fail' with
child patients.
Schwartz provides a masterly exposition of administrative law
through a comparative study of the French droit administratif,
arguably the most sophisticated Continental model. As Vanderbilt
points out in his introduction, this is an important field that
involves much more than administrative procedure. It deals directly
with some of the most crucial issues of modern government regarding
the distribution of power between governmental units, the resulting
effect on the freedom of the individual and on the strength and
stability of the state. Reprint of the sole edition." T]his book
represents a significant achievement.... Unlike so many volumes
that roll off the press these days, it fills a real need; and,
though perhaps not the definitive work in English on the subject,
it fills it extremely well." --Frederic S. Burin, Columbia Law
Review 54 (1954) 1016Bernard Schwartz 1923-1997] was professor of
law and director of the Institute of Comparative Law, New York
University. He was the author of over fifty books, including The
Code Napoleon and the Common-Law World (1956), the five-volume
Commentary on the Constitution of the United States (1963-68),
Constitutional Law: A Textbook (2d ed., 1979), Administrative Law:
A Casebook (4th ed., 1994) and A History of the Supreme Court
(1993).
In this collection, many of Justice Brennan's most distinguished
colleagues and observers offer tribute to his far-reaching legacy.
Anthony Lewis, Alan Dershowitz, Lani Guinier, Anna Quindlen, David
Halberstam, Derrick Bell, and many others - including six Supreme
Court justices - describe the opinions and dissents, and struggle
and persuasion, that make up Justice Brennan's remarkable career.
The sum of these essays is a look at the key issues of our time -
civil liberties, race relations, family, privacy, crime, religion,
poverty, politics - all of which were impacted by Justice Brennan's
presence of the Supreme Court.
A lucid, lively, and definitive one-volume history of the USA's highest court. Schwartz ranges from the earliest history of court dress to history's most important cases in this illuminating examination.
The first single, comprehensive source for locating North American
public prairies, grasslands, and savannas, Prairie Directory of
North America is a guide unlike any other. First published in 2001,
the book uniquely catalogs the continent's most well-known prairie
sites by country and state for easy reference. With the addition of
over three hundred newly located, preserved, or restored sites, the
second edition is the prairie enthusiast's ideal guide to locating
countless North American sites-from the well-documented to the
remote. Readers can use the guide to plan both convenient visits to
close-to-home prairies and journeys to sites well across the
continent. Also included is an expanded state-by-state index, ideal
for locating specific prairies in any given state.
The victim of destructive plowing and construction at the hands of
European settlers, North American grassland ecosystems that once
spanned the entire continent have suffered degradation and
fragmentation. With the Prairie Directory as a guide, however,
ecologists, environmental scientists, and tourists can experience
the essence of this ancient ecosystem and, in some locations, even
its vastness. The book lists tiny, hidden half-acre prairies spared
by the plow as well as popular sites covering millions of acres. It
documents prairies hidden deep in forests or in plain sight in
American Indian reservations. The only one of its kind, this book
will allow readers to experience the prairie as a colorful,
fragrant, wildlife-rich North American landscape.
Originally published in 1955, this book by legal historian Bernard
Schwartz presents the workings of American constitutional law for a
non-American audience. Schwartz explains in the preface that
'essential to an understanding of the United States is some
knowledge of the American system of constitutional law. For it is
no exaggeration to say that the Federal Constitution is the fulcrum
upon which American institutions turn.' This book will be of value
to legal historians and anyone with an interest in the American
legal system.
The Burger Court is a comprehensive overview and evaluation of Chief Justice Burger and the Court he led from 1969-1987. Consisting of original papers written for the Burger Court Conference, the book has contributions from such distinguished scholars as Derrick Bell, Anthony Lewis, and Robert Drinan. Many controversial legal issues are covered, including racial segregation, prayer in school, abortion, and the rights of criminals.
Decision provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at the Supreme Court and how its Justices decide cases. Distinguished author Bernard Schwartz uses confidential conference notes, draft opinions, memoranda, letters, and interviews to tell what really goes on behind the red velour curtain. Cases and anecdotes, woven into deft discussions of the Justices and how they function, provide unmatched insights into our high tribunal. Schwartz focuses on the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts, providing not just vivid portraits of the Chief Justices themselves, but also profiles of many Associate Justices in action. And Schwartz includes an eye-opening discussion of the expanding role of the Justices' clerks, revealing that they are no longer merely a "staff of assistants." Instead, they have evolved into a sort of "Junior Supreme Court," which performs a major part of the judicial role--including the writing of opinions--delegated by the Constitution to the Justices themselves. Decision shows the Justices in action as never before. Everything you wanted to know about the Supreme Court and were afraid to ask is here, in a revealing work on the institution that has had such an impact on our law and our life.
Who are the top ten greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time?
Who are the worst ten? Which Supreme Court decision helped lead to
the Civil War? What are the ten greatest and worst Supreme Court
decisions? What are the ten best courtroom movies? Who was the last
to use the Supreme Court spittoon? Who was the first Justice to
wear trousers beneath his Supreme Court robes?
From John Marshall, the greatest Supreme Court Justice, to Alfred
Moore, one of the worst, Bernard Schwartz's A Book of Legal
Lists--the first ever compiled--provides the Ten Bests and Worsts
in American law (and also includes answers to 150 trivia questions
about the legal world). The lists include the greatest dissents and
Supreme Court "might have beens;" greatest non-Supreme Court judges
(Lemuel Shaw, number one on the Greatest list, played a prominent
role in recasting common law into an American mold); greatest and
worst non-Supreme Court decisions; greatest law books; lawyers
(including Alexander Hamilton, Clarence Darrow "Attorney for the
Damned," and Abraham Lincoln); trials; and greatest legal motion
pictures. Each list entry has a short essay by Schwartz explaining
why it is a best or a worst, and it is in these essays that we gain
a wealth of information about the legal world. We learn, for
instance, that Sherman Minton, number ten on the Worst Supreme
Court Justices list, was such a nonentity that he may be best
remembered as the last to use the spittoon provided for each
Justice behind the bench. Before he became Chief Justice, William
H. Rehnquist was known for playing Trivial Pursuit on the bench,
Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote 873 opinions for the Court (the most in
its history), and Roger Brooke Taney, number ten on the Greatest
Supreme Court Justices list, was the first Chief Justice to wear
trousers beneath his robes (his predecessors had always given
judgment in knee breeches).
Stretching back to the early 1700s, the law and the judges who
interpret it have maintained a steady presence in our
lives--sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. From
disappointments like Plessy v. Ferguson (number two on the Ten
Worst Supreme Court Decisions list), which gave the lie to the
American ideal "that all men are created equal," to lesser known
but no less important decisions such as the 1933 United States v.
One Book Called "Ulysses," (number nine on the Ten Greatest
Non-Supreme Court Decisions) the landmark First Amendment case that
eased the law governing censorship, Bernard Schwartz provides legal
experts and non-experts alike with entertaining information in a
format that can be found nowhere else.
"The American Bill of Rights is . . . a magic mirror," writes
Bernard Schwartz, "wherein we see reflected not only our lives, but
the whole pageant of Anglo-American constitutional development and
all that those struggles have meant in the history of freedom."
Perhaps the finest short history of the Bill of Rights ever
written, this is an updated, expanded version of the classic. The
author has added an afterword that brings the history of what
Madison called "the great rights of mankind" through the Rehnquist
court, making this an invaluable study.
This book is a companion volume to The Unpublished Opinions of the
Warren Court which Oxford published in 1985. Like the Warren
volume, this fascinating sequel contains draft opinions prepared by
the Justices in the cases under discussion. Each opinion is
prefaced by a short history of the case and followed by an analysis
of what took place after the drafts were sent to all the Justices.
An important contribution to constitutional literature, this
collection of ten unpublished decisions by the Warren Court puts
the decision making process of the Supreme Court in a new light. By
following the major changes that occur in each case from the
circulation of tentative majority opinions to the final issuance of
opinion, the book portrays how the justices communicate with each
other and how they are influenced by each other's arguments.
Interpretations and commentaries by the author illuminate the
significance of each case and provide insight into the different
judicial philosophies and personal styles of the justices. This
book will be of substantial value to law schools, law libraries,
bar associations, and lawyers practicing in the field of
constitutional law.
Who are the top ten greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time?
Who are the worst ten? Which Supreme Court decision helped lead to
the Civil War? What are the ten greatest and worst Supreme Court
decisions? What are the ten best courtroom movies? Who was the last
to use the Supreme Court spittoon? Who was the first Justice to
wear trousers beneath his Supreme Court robes?
From John Marshall, the greatest Supreme Court Justice, to Alfred
Moore, one of the worst, Bernard Schwartz's A Book of Legal
Lists--the first ever compiled--provides the Ten Bests and Worsts
in American law (and also includes answers to 150 trivia questions
about the legal world). The lists include the greatest dissents and
Supreme Court "might have beens;" greatest non-Supreme Court judges
(Lemuel Shaw, number one on the Greatest list, played a prominent
role in recasting common law into an American mold); greatest and
worst non-Supreme Court decisions; greatest law books; lawyers
(including Alexander Hamilton, Clarence Darrow "Attorney for the
Damned," and Abraham Lincoln); trials; and greatest legal motion
pictures. Each list entry has a short essay by Schwartz explaining
why it is a best or a worst, and it is in these essays that we gain
a wealth of information about the legal world. We learn, for
instance, that Sherman Minton, number ten on the Worst Supreme
Court Justices list, was such a nonentity that he may be best
remembered as the last to use the spittoon provided for each
Justice behind the bench. Before he became Chief Justice, William
H. Rehnquist was known for playing Trivial Pursuit on the bench,
Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote 873 opinions for the Court (the most in
its history), and Roger Brooke Taney, number ten on the Greatest
Supreme Court Justices list, was the first Chief Justice to wear
trousers beneath his robes (his predecessors had always given
judgment in knee breeches).
Stretching back to the early 1700s, the law and the judges who
interpret it have maintained a steady presence in our
lives--sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. From
disappointments like Plessy v. Ferguson (number two on the Ten
Worst Supreme Court Decisions list), which gave the lie to the
American ideal "that all men are created equal," to lesser known
but no less important decisions such as the 1933 United States v.
One Book Called "Ulysses," (number nine on the Ten Greatest
Non-Supreme Court Decisions) the landmark First Amendment case that
eased the law governing censorship, Bernard Schwartz provides legal
experts and non-experts alike with entertaining information in a
format that can be found nowhere else.
A detailed assessment of the Warren Court and what it meant to American law and life by well-known judges, professors, lawyers, and popular writers such as Anthony Lewis, David Halberstam, and David J. Garrow. The book covers the Court's decisions, its Justices, and its contribution from a broad perspective. Readable and informative, this will be an indispensable source for those interested in the Court that did so much to change America.
This behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the Rehnquist Court shows how changes that came about between drafts and final opinions have made for substantial differences in the law in the various fields involved. Among the ten cases examined by Schwartz are key abortion cases Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Hodgson v. Minnesota; and a civil rights case, Paterson v. McLean Credit Union. Schwartz considers the draft opinions and offers an explanation why the drafts were not issued as final. In particular, Schwartz considers what would have happened if the draft opinions had been finalized.
A hard look at the judicial motives of the right-wing political
movement.
In this collection, many of Justice Brennan's most distinguished
colleagues and observers offer tribute to his far-reaching legacy.
Anthony Lewis, Alan Dershowitz, Lani Guinier, Anna Quindlen, David
Halberstam, Derrick Bell, and many others - including six Supreme
Court justices - describe the opinions and dissents, and struggle
and persuasion, that make up Justice Brennan's remarkable career.
The sum of these essays is a look at the key issues of our time -
civil liberties, race relations, family, privacy, crime, religion,
poverty, politics - all of which were impacted by Justice Brennan's
presence of the Supreme Court.
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