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The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis

– Harvard University Press, 1957.
“The present volume makes it possible to understand, better than was ever before possible, the forces and methods within the Court that produce the decisions which make law for all of… More

The Court: An Indictment Analyzed

– New York Times Magazine (April 27, 1958).
Abstract: The American people have always had a consuming and not very sympathetic curiosity about confidential advisers to their high officers of government. The real or supposed influence… More

Foreword: The Passive Virtues

– Harvard Law Review 75 (1961).
Excerpt: The volume of the Supreme Court’s business is steadily on the rise. It seems to be, quite simply, a direct function of the birth rate. But the number of important and… More

The Durability of Colegrove v. Green

– Yale Law Journal 72 (1962).
Excerpt: A certain tendency to animism affects lawyers when they talk about cases, and they communicate it to interested laymen. Animated cases rise, struggle, and conquer, or are… More

Politics and the Warren Court

– Joanna Cotler Books, 1965.
“For all of the current attacks on the Supreme Court, no sensible critic would argue with the view that our Constitution and courts are basically sound. The crucial issue is whether… More

Felix Frankfurter

– Harvard Law Review 78 (1965).
Excerpt: Since the beginning, nearly 100 men have been Justices of the Supreme the Court of the United States. Of these, a dozen–no more–have made their mark, so that their… More

Is the Warren Court Too “Political”?

– New York Times Magazine (September 25, 1966).
Excerpt: Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States on Oct. 5, 1953, by appointment of President Eisenhower. It was a sudden succession. Chief Justice Warren’s predecessor,… More

Mr. Taft Rehabilitates the Court

– Yale Law Journal 79, no. 1 (November 1969).
Abstract: Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer died in March, 1910, after twenty years of service on the Supreme Court. On May 31, 1910, in accordance with a custom almost uniformly observed,… More

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

– Yale University Press, 1970.
“Timeless questions about the role of the Supreme Court in the American political and legal system are raised in the late Alexander Bickel’s characteristically astute analysis of… More

The Courts: Need for Change

– New York Times (October 22, 1970).
Excerpt: Nothing, at least nothing that is secular, changes more slowly than the ways of courts. Judges are traditionalists, and they ought to be. After all, the continuity of the… More

The New Supreme Court: Prospects and Problems

– Tulane Law Review 45, no. 2 (1971).
Excerpt: “The judiciary,” said Hamilton in the 78th Federalist, “has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth… More

The Morality of Consent

– Yale University Press, 1975.
Winner of the 1976 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association Chosen as one of the Notable Books of 1975 by the American Library Association “This short but provocative volume . .… More

Essays

The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis

– Harvard University Press, 1957.
“The present volume makes it possible to understand, better than was ever before possible, the forces and methods within the Court that produce the decisions which make law for all of… More

The Court: An Indictment Analyzed

– New York Times Magazine (April 27, 1958).
Abstract: The American people have always had a consuming and not very sympathetic curiosity about confidential advisers to their high officers of government. The real or supposed influence… More

Foreword: The Passive Virtues

– Harvard Law Review 75 (1961).
Excerpt: The volume of the Supreme Court’s business is steadily on the rise. It seems to be, quite simply, a direct function of the birth rate. But the number of important and… More

The Durability of Colegrove v. Green

– Yale Law Journal 72 (1962).
Excerpt: A certain tendency to animism affects lawyers when they talk about cases, and they communicate it to interested laymen. Animated cases rise, struggle, and conquer, or are… More

Politics and the Warren Court

– Joanna Cotler Books, 1965.
“For all of the current attacks on the Supreme Court, no sensible critic would argue with the view that our Constitution and courts are basically sound. The crucial issue is whether… More

Felix Frankfurter

– Harvard Law Review 78 (1965).
Excerpt: Since the beginning, nearly 100 men have been Justices of the Supreme the Court of the United States. Of these, a dozen–no more–have made their mark, so that their… More

Is the Warren Court Too “Political”?

– New York Times Magazine (September 25, 1966).
Excerpt: Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States on Oct. 5, 1953, by appointment of President Eisenhower. It was a sudden succession. Chief Justice Warren’s predecessor,… More

Mr. Taft Rehabilitates the Court

– Yale Law Journal 79, no. 1 (November 1969).
Abstract: Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer died in March, 1910, after twenty years of service on the Supreme Court. On May 31, 1910, in accordance with a custom almost uniformly observed,… More

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

– Yale University Press, 1970.
“Timeless questions about the role of the Supreme Court in the American political and legal system are raised in the late Alexander Bickel’s characteristically astute analysis of… More

The Courts: Need for Change

– New York Times (October 22, 1970).
Excerpt: Nothing, at least nothing that is secular, changes more slowly than the ways of courts. Judges are traditionalists, and they ought to be. After all, the continuity of the… More

The New Supreme Court: Prospects and Problems

– Tulane Law Review 45, no. 2 (1971).
Excerpt: “The judiciary,” said Hamilton in the 78th Federalist, “has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth… More

The Morality of Consent

– Yale University Press, 1975.
Winner of the 1976 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association Chosen as one of the Notable Books of 1975 by the American Library Association “This short but provocative volume . .… More

Commentary

The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis

– Harvard University Press, 1957.
“The present volume makes it possible to understand, better than was ever before possible, the forces and methods within the Court that produce the decisions which make law for all of… More

The Court: An Indictment Analyzed

– New York Times Magazine (April 27, 1958).
Abstract: The American people have always had a consuming and not very sympathetic curiosity about confidential advisers to their high officers of government. The real or supposed influence… More

Foreword: The Passive Virtues

– Harvard Law Review 75 (1961).
Excerpt: The volume of the Supreme Court’s business is steadily on the rise. It seems to be, quite simply, a direct function of the birth rate. But the number of important and… More

The Durability of Colegrove v. Green

– Yale Law Journal 72 (1962).
Excerpt: A certain tendency to animism affects lawyers when they talk about cases, and they communicate it to interested laymen. Animated cases rise, struggle, and conquer, or are… More

Politics and the Warren Court

– Joanna Cotler Books, 1965.
“For all of the current attacks on the Supreme Court, no sensible critic would argue with the view that our Constitution and courts are basically sound. The crucial issue is whether… More

Felix Frankfurter

– Harvard Law Review 78 (1965).
Excerpt: Since the beginning, nearly 100 men have been Justices of the Supreme the Court of the United States. Of these, a dozen–no more–have made their mark, so that their… More

Is the Warren Court Too “Political”?

– New York Times Magazine (September 25, 1966).
Excerpt: Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States on Oct. 5, 1953, by appointment of President Eisenhower. It was a sudden succession. Chief Justice Warren’s predecessor,… More

Mr. Taft Rehabilitates the Court

– Yale Law Journal 79, no. 1 (November 1969).
Abstract: Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer died in March, 1910, after twenty years of service on the Supreme Court. On May 31, 1910, in accordance with a custom almost uniformly observed,… More

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

– Yale University Press, 1970.
“Timeless questions about the role of the Supreme Court in the American political and legal system are raised in the late Alexander Bickel’s characteristically astute analysis of… More

The Courts: Need for Change

– New York Times (October 22, 1970).
Excerpt: Nothing, at least nothing that is secular, changes more slowly than the ways of courts. Judges are traditionalists, and they ought to be. After all, the continuity of the… More

The New Supreme Court: Prospects and Problems

– Tulane Law Review 45, no. 2 (1971).
Excerpt: “The judiciary,” said Hamilton in the 78th Federalist, “has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth… More

The Morality of Consent

– Yale University Press, 1975.
Winner of the 1976 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association Chosen as one of the Notable Books of 1975 by the American Library Association “This short but provocative volume . .… More

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The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis

– Harvard University Press, 1957.
“The present volume makes it possible to understand, better than was ever before possible, the forces and methods within the Court that produce the decisions which make law for all of… More

The Court: An Indictment Analyzed

– New York Times Magazine (April 27, 1958).
Abstract: The American people have always had a consuming and not very sympathetic curiosity about confidential advisers to their high officers of government. The real or supposed influence… More

Foreword: The Passive Virtues

– Harvard Law Review 75 (1961).
Excerpt: The volume of the Supreme Court’s business is steadily on the rise. It seems to be, quite simply, a direct function of the birth rate. But the number of important and… More

The Durability of Colegrove v. Green

– Yale Law Journal 72 (1962).
Excerpt: A certain tendency to animism affects lawyers when they talk about cases, and they communicate it to interested laymen. Animated cases rise, struggle, and conquer, or are… More

Politics and the Warren Court

– Joanna Cotler Books, 1965.
“For all of the current attacks on the Supreme Court, no sensible critic would argue with the view that our Constitution and courts are basically sound. The crucial issue is whether… More

Felix Frankfurter

– Harvard Law Review 78 (1965).
Excerpt: Since the beginning, nearly 100 men have been Justices of the Supreme the Court of the United States. Of these, a dozen–no more–have made their mark, so that their… More

Is the Warren Court Too “Political”?

– New York Times Magazine (September 25, 1966).
Excerpt: Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States on Oct. 5, 1953, by appointment of President Eisenhower. It was a sudden succession. Chief Justice Warren’s predecessor,… More

Mr. Taft Rehabilitates the Court

– Yale Law Journal 79, no. 1 (November 1969).
Abstract: Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer died in March, 1910, after twenty years of service on the Supreme Court. On May 31, 1910, in accordance with a custom almost uniformly observed,… More

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

– Yale University Press, 1970.
“Timeless questions about the role of the Supreme Court in the American political and legal system are raised in the late Alexander Bickel’s characteristically astute analysis of… More

The Courts: Need for Change

– New York Times (October 22, 1970).
Excerpt: Nothing, at least nothing that is secular, changes more slowly than the ways of courts. Judges are traditionalists, and they ought to be. After all, the continuity of the… More

The New Supreme Court: Prospects and Problems

– Tulane Law Review 45, no. 2 (1971).
Excerpt: “The judiciary,” said Hamilton in the 78th Federalist, “has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth… More

The Morality of Consent

– Yale University Press, 1975.
Winner of the 1976 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association Chosen as one of the Notable Books of 1975 by the American Library Association “This short but provocative volume . .… More

Teaching

The Unpublished Opinions of Mr. Justice Brandeis

– Harvard University Press, 1957.
“The present volume makes it possible to understand, better than was ever before possible, the forces and methods within the Court that produce the decisions which make law for all of… More

The Court: An Indictment Analyzed

– New York Times Magazine (April 27, 1958).
Abstract: The American people have always had a consuming and not very sympathetic curiosity about confidential advisers to their high officers of government. The real or supposed influence… More

Foreword: The Passive Virtues

– Harvard Law Review 75 (1961).
Excerpt: The volume of the Supreme Court’s business is steadily on the rise. It seems to be, quite simply, a direct function of the birth rate. But the number of important and… More

The Durability of Colegrove v. Green

– Yale Law Journal 72 (1962).
Excerpt: A certain tendency to animism affects lawyers when they talk about cases, and they communicate it to interested laymen. Animated cases rise, struggle, and conquer, or are… More

Politics and the Warren Court

– Joanna Cotler Books, 1965.
“For all of the current attacks on the Supreme Court, no sensible critic would argue with the view that our Constitution and courts are basically sound. The crucial issue is whether… More

Felix Frankfurter

– Harvard Law Review 78 (1965).
Excerpt: Since the beginning, nearly 100 men have been Justices of the Supreme the Court of the United States. Of these, a dozen–no more–have made their mark, so that their… More

Is the Warren Court Too “Political”?

– New York Times Magazine (September 25, 1966).
Excerpt: Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the United States on Oct. 5, 1953, by appointment of President Eisenhower. It was a sudden succession. Chief Justice Warren’s predecessor,… More

Mr. Taft Rehabilitates the Court

– Yale Law Journal 79, no. 1 (November 1969).
Abstract: Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer died in March, 1910, after twenty years of service on the Supreme Court. On May 31, 1910, in accordance with a custom almost uniformly observed,… More

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

– Yale University Press, 1970.
“Timeless questions about the role of the Supreme Court in the American political and legal system are raised in the late Alexander Bickel’s characteristically astute analysis of… More

The Courts: Need for Change

– New York Times (October 22, 1970).
Excerpt: Nothing, at least nothing that is secular, changes more slowly than the ways of courts. Judges are traditionalists, and they ought to be. After all, the continuity of the… More

The New Supreme Court: Prospects and Problems

– Tulane Law Review 45, no. 2 (1971).
Excerpt: “The judiciary,” said Hamilton in the 78th Federalist, “has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth… More

The Morality of Consent

– Yale University Press, 1975.
Winner of the 1976 Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association Chosen as one of the Notable Books of 1975 by the American Library Association “This short but provocative volume . .… More