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The majesty of the law [electronic resource] : reflections of a Supreme Court Justice / Sandra Day O'Connor ; edited by Craig Joyce.

by O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-

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New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004.

O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-

United States. Supreme Court.

Judges -- United States.

Rule of law -- United States.

Electronic Resource

http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=B97B074B-3A65-487D-8DD9-FAAFDCE2A403 This title is available online; click here to access

9780307432414 (electronic bk.)

0307432416 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (283 p.) : ill.

2004 Random House trade pbk. ed.

Life on the Court: what's it like? -- The court's agenda -- Judicial appointment and tenure: a history -- The Supreme Court reports -- Magna Carta and the rule of law -- The Constitution -- The ratification -- The evolution of the Bill of rights -- The Judiciary act of 1789 and American judicial tradition -- Impeachment and judicial independence -- A President, a Chief Justice and the writ of habeas corpus -- The rights of the individual and the legacy of Holmes -- William Howard Taft and the importance of unanimity -- Charles Evans Hughes and President Roosevelt's Court-expansion plan -- Thurgood Marshall: the influence of a raconteur -- Warren E. Burger -- Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -- Women in society: the American experience -- The women's suffrage movement and its aftermath -- Women in judging -- Women in power -- Organization and structure of the American judicial system -- Juries: problems and solutions -- Professionalism -- Broadening our horizons -- Shield of freedom: the American Constitution and its Court -- The life of the law: principles of logic and experience from the United States -- Through the looking glass and into the crystal ball.

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