The Burger Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy

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Depending on your viewpoint, the Burger Court, 1969-1986, either turned the clock back on the enlightened progressive legal reforms of the Warren Court or put an end to the out-of-control leftist judicial activism of the 1960s. The reality, that readers of this book will learn, was more complicated. This handbook is an accessible combination of introductory, in-depth, analytical, and reference material that should be useful for the preparation of term papers and debates and for ready reference and more involved research. Further reading and bibliographic sections direct users to primary sources, court documents, and additional research and analysis.

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"Yarbrough does a superb job of analyzing this era of the Supreme Court's history without overburdening the reader with legal philosophy or deep legal theory, making it easy to follow and understand... Yarbrough has written an excellent book for any library, including public, academic, and law school libraries. The table of cases and chronology are very useful to anyone who needs a starting point for researching this court." - Law Library Journal "A valuable reference book for undergraduate and public libraries. Law libraries may also wish to add this engrossing eulogy to their collections." - American Reference Books Annual

Author Bio

Tinsley E. Yarbrough is arts and sciences Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.