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Author:Stephen Breyer
Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.For Justice Breyer, the Constitution's primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls "active liberty" citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As...- $15.00
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Against the Death Penalty
" A landmark dissenting opinion arguing against the death penalty. Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues that it does; that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently and, thus, violates the ban on ""cruel...- $14.95
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation
Breaking the Vicious Circle is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is interested in improving our regulatory processes. Written by a highly respected federal judge, who would go on to serve on the Supreme Court, and who obviously recognizes...- $36.00
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View
Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the Supreme Court has the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court's decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those decisions are highly unpopular?...- $16.95
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution. The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the...- $30.00
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
A provocative, brilliant analysis by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a better way to interpret the Constitution.The relatively new judicial philosophy of textualism dominates the Supreme...- $39.99
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Author:Stephen Breyer
Regulation and Its Reform
This book will become the bible of regulatory reform. No broad, authoritative treatment of the subject has been available for many years except for Alfred Kahn's Economics of Regulation (1970). And Stephen Breyer's book is not merely a utilitarian analysis or a legal discussion...- $50.00
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Author:Stephen Breyer
The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
A sitting justice reflects upon the authority of the Supreme Court--how that authority was gained and how measures to restructure the Court could undermine both the Court and the constitutional system of checks and balances that depends on it. A growing chorus of officials...- $19.95
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Author:Stephen Breyer
The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities
In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private--from the conduct of national security policy...- $17.00
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Author:Stephen Breyer
We Dissent: Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs V. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion
The full text of one of the most radical and controversial Supreme Court decisions in American history, highlighting the galvanizing dissent by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan ... Dobbs v Jackson, the landmark decision to overthrow the rights first granted to women in the...- $16.99
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