Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
My grandfather's son My grandfather's son Clarence Thomas The Supreme Court justice recounts his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Jim Crow-era Georgia and his struggles to acquire an education, to his publicly contested confirmation to the nat… OL16026449W
Sisters in Law Sisters in Law Linda R. Hirshman An account of the intertwined lives of the first two women to be appointed to the Supreme Court examines their respective religious and political beliefs while sharing insights into how they have inf… OL19664162W
The American judicial tradition The American judicial tradition G. Edward White This book is a series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history. White traces the development of the American judicial tradition through biographical sketches of the career… OL2927437W
The Supreme Court The Supreme Court Jeffrey Rosen The book traces the history of the US Supreme Court by illuminating the antagonistic positions of key players (mostly justices) on the important issues of the time. It thereby focuses not on the leg… OL506587W
John Marshall and the heroic age of the Supreme Court John Marshall and the heroic age of the Supreme Court R. Kent Newmyer "John Marshall (1755-1835) was arguably the most important judicial figure in American history. As the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving during the formative years of t… OL5280588W