This is a volume of original essays with a new poll of legal scholars, lawyers, and judges that independently ranks America's Supreme Court Justices. The editors also offer a dozen case studies by political scientists and historians of the greatest justices. In addition, there is an analysis of Ronald Reagan's appointees, and a chapter on the jurispudence of Lewis Powell, the «godfather» of the emerging center on the Supreme Court. The concluding chapter surveys the ingredients of overall judical leadership, regardless of court level. Henry J. Abraham contributes the preface and additional chapters. A select bibliography and index are also included.

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The Editors: William D. Pederson (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is a political scientist at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and Norman W. Provizer (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is a political scientist at Metropolitan State College in Denver. Both are editors of several books, including The Rating Game in American Politics (1987), Grassroots Constitutionalism (1988), and have contributed to numerous journals and other publications.

Zusammenfassung
"A good combination of essays about the key justices as well as important Supreme Court decisions." (Steven Puro, Library Journal)
"This is a useful collection of 18 pieces, mostly by political scientist and historians, about 14 Supreme Court justices, plus a chapter on the Reagan appointees. The volume contains valuable treatment of the contribution of greats or near greats. Scholarly and well written." (L.E. Noble Jr., Choice)
"This book is a positive reflection of current research." (James G. Dickson, East Texas Historical Journal)