Earl Warren and the Warren Court The Legacy in American and Foreign Law

by Scheiber, Harry N.; Anderson, Melissa Cully; Cain, Bruce E.; Choper, Jesse H.; Couso, Javier A.; Feeley, Malcolm; Foster, Sheila; Frickey, Philip; Ginsburg, Tom; Greenspan, Edward L.; Jackson, Vicki C.; Kalmisar, Yale; Modeer, Kjell Ake; Silverstein, Gord

• ISBN13: 9780739116340
• ISBN10: 0739116347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Earl Warren and the Warren Court is comprised of essays written by leading experts from the fields of law, history, and social science on the most important areas of the Warren Court's contributions in American law. In addition, Scheiber includes appraisals of the Warren Court's influence abroad.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: The Warren Court, American Law, and Modern Legal Cultures	p. 1
Doctrines: Questions of Equality and Liberty
Venturing onto the Path of Equal Representation: The Warren Court and Redistricting	p. 29
The Black Basis of Constitutional Development	p. 49
Race, Agency, and Equal Protection: A Retrospective on the Warren Court	p. 77
How Earl Warren's Twenty-Two Years in Law Enforcement Affected His Work as Chief Justice	p. 91
Corliss Lamont and the Postmaster General: A Synecdoche for the First Amendment in the Era of the Warren Court (1953-1969)	p. 113
The Early Hours of the Post-World War II Model of Constitutional Federalism: The Warren Court and the World	p. 137
Process: Judicial Style and Strategy
The Warren Court and Congress	p. 197
Avoiding Constitutional Questions in the Early Warren Court: Judicial Craftsmanship and Statutory Interpretation	p. 209
Impact: The Legacy in Other Legal Systems
The Seduction of Judicially Triggered Social Transformation: The Impact of the Warren Court in Latin America	p. 237
The Warren Court in East Asia: An Essay in Comparative Law	p. 265
The Impact of the Warren Court in Canada: A View from the Trenches	p. 295
Political Hero, Legal Dwarf? The Impact of the Warren Court in Europe	p. 309
An American Dilemma and the Scandinavian Dream: The Citizen Meets Modernity and the Strong Nation-State-A Study in Comparative Legal Cultures	p. 333
Afterword: Earl Warren-A Law Clerk's Memory of the Man and The Court	p. 357
Contributors	p. 363
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