The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics

Alexander M. Bickel

Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing, 1962 - Law - 303 pages

"The concept of "The Least Dangerous Branch: the Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics" is something of a departure from all recent literature on the Supreme Court. The book attempts to state and substantiate a conception of the Supreme Court of the United States that is consistent with the theory and practice of political democracy. The author focuses on the Court's complex relationship with the nation's political institutions, in the context not only of what are conventionally regarded as great Constitutional cases, but also of jurisdictional and other adjudications that are usually ignored. Detailed treatment is given to cases concerned with film censorship, anti-birth-control legislation, Congressional investigations, loyalty and security dismissals, legislative apportionment, and segregation."

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The blurb on the back is the most cutting I've ever read, I think. It's one of two blurbs. And more, it cuts to the quick: "The Yale professor is a law teacher who is not afraid to declare his strong ...

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics
• Author: Alexander M. Bickel
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Educational Publishing, 1962
• ISBN: 0300032994, 9780300032994
• Length: 303 pages
• Subjects: Law / Courts; Political Science / American Government / Judicial Branch; Political Science / Law Enforcement