Views from the Bench: the Judiciary & Constitutional Politics: (Chatham House series on change in American politics)

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Judicial review and American politics - historical and political perspectives: the doctrine of judicial review - Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Maybury, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger; the supreme court in the American system of government, Justice Robert H. Jackson. Part 2 The dynamics of the judicial process: the adversary judge - the experience of the trial judge, Judge Marvin E. Frankel; reflections from the Appellate Bench - deciding appeals, work cycle, and collaborating with law clerks, Judge Frank M. Coffin; bureaucratization of the federal courts - the tension between justice and efficiency, Judge Alvin B. Rubin; what really goes on at the Supreme Court, Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr; the Supreme court's conference, Justice William H. Rehnquist; deciding what to decide - the docket and the rule of four, Justice John Paul Stevens; the role of oral argument, Justice John M. Harlan, Jr; precedent and policy - judicial opinions and decision making, Chief Justice Walter V. Schaefer; the office of the chief justice - Warren E. Burger and the administration of justice, Judge Edward A. Tamm and Justice Paul C. Reardon. Part 3 The judiciary and the constitution: the notion of a living constitution, Justice William H. Rehnquist; a relativistic constitution, Chief Judge William Wayne Justice; when judges legislate, Justice Dallin H. Oaks; the jurisprudence of judicial restraint - a return to the moorings, Judge J. Clifford Wallace; tradition and morality in constitutional law, Judge Robert H. Bork. Part 4 The judiciary and federal regulation - line drawing and statutory construction: some reflections on the reading of statutes, Justice Felix Frankfurter; congress, court, and control of delegated power, Judge Carl McGowan; the doctrine of standing as an element of the separation of powers, Judge Antonin Scalia. Part 5 Our dual consitutional system - the Bill of Rights and the States: the Bill of Rights, Justice Hugo L. Black; guardians of our liberties - state courts no less than federal, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.; first things first - rediscovering the States' Bill of Rights, Justice Hans A. Linde; trends in the relationship between the federal and state courts, Justice Sandra D. O'Connor. Part 6 The judicial role in a litigious society: the role of the courts in a contemporary society, Judge Rugero J. Aldisert; the courts and social policy - substance and procedure, Judge Henry J. Friendly; judicial activism is a duty - not an intrusion, Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr.; on the cause and treatment of judicial activism, Chief Judge Howard T. Markey; the activist judicial mind, Judge Ralph K. Winter. Appendix A: selected bibliography of off-the-bench commentaries. Appendix B: time chart of members of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appendix C: jurisdictional map of the US courts of appeals and US district courts.