A Court Divided, 1st Edition by Mark Tushnet - ISBN: 9780393327571
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Nine justices, deep division, America’s future hangs in the balance.

A Court Divided, 1st Edition

The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law

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    416 pages

  • Release Date

    8 January 2010

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Summary

In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party and those who, though considered to be in the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780393327571
ISBN-10:0393327574
Author:Mark Tushnet
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Edition:1st
Release Date:8 January 2010
Weight:348g
Dimensions:211mm x 142mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

“A balanced, insightful assessment of the dynamics of [the] Supreme court … In this calm, unbiased study, Tushnet explains clearly how and why the Supreme Court reflects the nation’s uneasy political consensus.”

About The Author

Mark Tushnet

Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the author of A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law. He divides his time between Washington, DC, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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