Packing the Court by James Macgregor Burns - ISBN: 9780143117414
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From renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Burns comes an illuminating critique of how an unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to wield more power than the founding fathers ever intended.

Packing the Court

The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2010

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Summary

From renowned political theorist James MacGregor Burns, an incisive critique of the overreaching power of an ideological Supreme CourtFor decades, Pulitzer Prize-winner James MacGregor Burns has been one of the great masters of the study of power and leadership in America. In Packing the Court, he turns his eye to the U.S. Supreme Court, an institution that he believes has become more powerful, and more partisan, than the founding fathers ever intended. In a compelling and provocative narrati…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143117414
ISBN-10:0143117416
Author:James Macgregor Burns
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:29 June 2010
Weight:313g
Dimensions:214mm x 139mm x 18mm
About The Author

James Macgregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns is the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. He is the author of more than two dozen books, including Roosevelt- Soldier of Freedom, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Leadership, which is considered a seminal work in the field of leadership studies.

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