Judges on judging: views from the bench

The doctrine of judicial review : Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury / Warren E. Burger

The Supreme Court in the American system of government / Robert H. Jackson

The two faces of judicial activism / William Wayne Justice

Advice and consent in theory and practice / Robert J. Miner

The "fight" theory versus the "truth" theory / Jerome Frank

The adversary judge : the experience of the trial judge / Marvin E. Frankel

The business of the U.S. District Courts / D. Brock Hornby

What I ate for breakfast and other mysteries of judicial decision making / Alex Kozinski

Whose federal judiciary is it anyway? / Stephen Reinhardt

What really goes on at the Supreme Court / Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

The Supreme Court's conference / William H. Rehnquist

Deciding what to decide : the docket and the rule of four / John Paul Stevens

The role of oral argument / John M. Harlan II

The dissent : a safeguard of democracy / William O. Douglas

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States / Joseph Story

The path of law / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The judge as a legislator / Benjamin N. Cardozo

The notion of a living constitution / William H. Rehnquist

A relativistic constitution / William Wayne Justice

The jurisprudence of judicial restraint : a return to the moorings / J. Clifford Wallace

Tradition and morality in constitutional law / Robert H. Bork

What am I, a potted plant? : The case against strict constitutionalism / Richard A. Posner

Originalism : the lesser evil / Antonin Scalia

Judging / Clarence Thomas

The Constitution : a living document / Thurgood Marshall

The Constitution of the United States : contemporary ratification / William J. Brennan, Jr.

On constitutional interpretation / David A. Souter

Speaking in a judicial voice : reflections on Roe v. Wade / Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Our democratic constitution / Stephen G. Bryer

Against constitutional theory / Richard A. Posner

The Bill of Rights / Hugo L. Black

Guardians of our liberties : state courts no less than federal / William J. Brennan, Jr.

First things first : rediscovering the states' Bill of Rights / Hans A. Linde

What does, and does not, ail state constitutional law / Jeffrey S. Sutton.

Pt. I. Judicial Review and American Politics: Historical and Political Perspectives

1. Doctrine of Judicial Review: Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury / Warren E. Burger

2. Supreme Court in the American System of Government / Robert H. Jackson

Pt. II. Dynamics of the Judicial Process

3. Path of Law / Oliver Wendell Holmes

4. Advice and Consent in Theory and Practice / Roger J. Miner

5. Adversary Judge: The Experience of the Trial Judge / Marvin E. Frankel

6. What I Ate for Breakfast and Other Mysteries of Judicial Decision Making / Alex Kozinski

7. Whose Federal Judiciary Is It Anyway? / Stephen Reinhardt

8. What Really Goes on at the Supreme Court / Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

9. Supreme Court's Conference / William H. Rehnquist

10. Deciding What to Decide: The Docket and the Rule of Four / John Paul Stevens

11. Role of Oral Argument / John M. Harlan II

12. Precedent and Policy: Judicial Opinions and Decision Making / Walter V. Schaefer

Pt. III. Judiciary and the Constitution

13. Notion of a Living Constitution / William H. Rehnquist

14. Relativistic Constitution / William Wayne Justice

15. Jurisprudence of Judicial Restraint: A Return to the Moorings / J. Clifford Wallace

16. Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law / Robert H. Bork

17. What Am I, a Potted Plant? The Case Against Strict Constructionism / Richard A. Posner

18. Originalism: The Lesser Evil / Antonin Scalia

19. Constitution: A Living Document / Thurgood Marshall

20. Constitution of the United States: Contemporary Ratification / William J. Brennan, Jr.

21. Speaking in a Judicial Voice: Reflections on Roe v. Wade / Ruth Bader Ginsburg

22. Our Democratic Constitution / Stephen G. Breyer

23. Against Constitutional Theory / Richard A. Posner

24. Two Faces of Judicial Activism / William Wayne Justice

Pt. IV. Judiciary and Federal Regulation: Line Drawing and Statutory Interpretation

25. Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes / Felix Frankfurter

26. What Does Legislative History Tell Us? / Frank H. Easterbrook

Pt. V. Our Dual Constitutional System: The Bill of Rights and the States

27. Bill of Rights / Hugo L. Black

28. Guardians of Our Liberties - State Courts No Less than Federal / William J. Brennan, Jr.

29. First Things First: Rediscovering the States' Bills of Rights / Hans A. Linde

30. State Courts at the Dawn of a New Century: Common Law Courts Reading Statutes and Constitutions / Judith S. Kaye

App. A. Selected Bibliography of Off-the-Bench Commentaries

App. B. Time Chart of Members of the Supreme Court of the United States.