The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century, 1888-1986, Vol. 2 » (1)

The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century traces the development of the Supreme Court from Chief Justice Fuller (1888-1910) to the retirement of Chief Justice Burger (1969-1986). Currie argues that the Court's work in its second century revolved around two issues: the constitutionality of the regulatory and spending programs adopted to ameliorate the hardships caused by the Industrial Revolution and the need to protect civil rights and liberties. Organizing the cases around the tenure of specific chief justices, Currie distinguishes among the different methods of constitutional exegesis, analyzes the various techniques of opinion writing, and evaluates the legal performance of different Courts.

"Elegant and readable. Whether you are in favor of judicial restraint or judicial activism, whatever your feelings about the Warren Court, or the Renquist Court, this is a book that justifies serious study."—Robert Stevens, New York Times Book Review

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Over recent years there has been an increased interest in veins and their disorders. The management of venous disorders can, however, be the subject of controversy and this book addresses those controversies and re-evaluates many of the accepted dogmas. In Scandinavia in this field, there has been a long tradition of emphasis on a thorough understanding of basic scientific principles and their applications to management. In this volume, phlebologists present their findings in a practical and readable style. The sequel to The Constitution in the Supreme Court; the first hundred years (1985). As in the earlier study, Currie's (law, U. of Chicago) aim is not simply to tell the story of how the Justices interpreted the Constitution but also to analyze and criticize their work from a lawyer's point of view. Taken together, the two volumes represent a succinct critical history of all the constitutional work of the Supreme Court, from its establishment to the retirement of Chief Justice Burger in 1986. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)