The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress

by Alexander M. Bickel

Book Overview

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 the work of the Warren Court. He takes issue with the Court's view that its role should be to move the American polity in the direction of perfect equality and expresses his preference for "a more faithful adherence to the method of analytical reason, and a less confident...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300022395
• ISBN13: 9780300022391
• Release Date: April 1978
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"