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The Least Dangerous Branch
About this book
This classic book on the role of the Supreme Court in our democracy traces the history of the Court, assessing the merits of various decisions along the way. Eminent law professor Alexander Bickel begins with Marbury vs. Madison, which he says gives shaky support to judicial review, and concludes with the school desegregation cases of 1954, which he uses to show the extent and limits of the Courtâs power. In this way he accomplishes his stated purpose: âto have the Supreme Courtâs exercise of judicial review better understood and supported and more sagaciously used.â The book now includes new foreword by Henry Wellington.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1. Establishment and General Justification of Judicial Review
- CHAPTER 2. The Premise of Distrust and Rules of Limitation
- CHAPTER 3. âThe Infirm Glory of the Positive Hourâ
- CHAPTER 4. The Passive Virtues
- CHAPTER 5. Neither Force nor Will
- CHAPTER 6. The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics
- Notes
- Table of Cases
- Index