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I Dissent: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases

by Mark Tushnet

ISBN13: 9780807097939
ISBN10: 0807097934
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A distinguished Supreme Court scholar introduces and explains sixteen influential cases from throughout the Court's history and offers a sense of what could have developed if the dissents were instead the majority opinions, looking at each case in terms of its political, social, economic, and cultural context. Original.

About the Author

Mark Tushnet is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Previously a professor of law at Georgetown University and University of Wisconsin, Tushnet is the author of numerous books, including, most recently, A Court Divided. He lives in Washington, DC.

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ISBN:: 9780807097939
Subtitle:: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Publisher:: Beacon Press
Subject:: main_subject
Subject:: all_subjects
Publication Date:: 20080415
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 229

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