Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View (Hardcover) by Stephen Breyer

from aevaughn

Excellent overview of some of the court cases of the past and how the court interacts with the public and the other two branches of the government. It's also interesting to consider this book beside Lazarus's Closed Chambers, which suggests that the court is oftentimes not collegial. Stephen Brey...

from japaul22

In this book, Justice Stephen Breyer attempts to explain how the Supreme Court attained it's legitimacy, how it retains it's legitimacy, and how individual justices arrive at decisions. He uses specific cases as examples and doesn't hide his own views or decisions. The writing style is interestin...

from kant1066

Aimed at the non-specialist, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's book does a good job at using some of the more important cases in the history of the Court to sketch his personal approach to the Constitution. He then discusses these cases in relation to how he formed his moderate, consequentialist...

from dono421846

Reviews of cases are the book's strong points. Part II, which is light on that element, focusing more on civics discussion, is a bit tedious. The author could have been a bit more forthcoming about supreme court processes -- does anyone really believe Bush v. Gore had no political overtones for t...