Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court (平装)

基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2005年5月3日)平装:608页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143035274条形码:9780143035275产品尺寸及重量:19.8 x 13 x 4.1 cm ; 499 gASIN:0143035274

商品描述内容简介WhenClosed Chamberswas first published, it was met with a firestorm of controversy—as well as a shower of praise—for being the first book to break the code of silence about the inner workings of this country’s most powerful court. In this eloquent, trailblazing account, with a new chapter covering Bush v. Gore, Guantanamo, and other recent controversial court decisions, Edward Lazarus, who served as a clerk to Justice Harry Blackmun, presents a searing indictment of a court at war with itself and often in neglect of its constitutional duties. Combining memoir, history, and legal analysis, Lazarus reveals in astonishing detail the realities of what takes place behind the closed doors of the U.S. Supreme Court—an institution that through its rulings holds the power to affect the life of every American.媒体推荐Ambitious, opinionated, scholarly, gossipy ... wonderful.Closed Chambersis a crash course in contemporary constitutional and judicial culture. --Newsday