{"product_id":"justice-robert-h-jacksons-unpublished-david-m-obrien-9780700625185","title":"Justice Robert H. Jackson's Unpublished Opinion in Brown V. Board: Conflict, Compromise, and Constitutional Interpretation","description":"\u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e is widely recognized as one of the US Supreme Court's most important decisions in the twentieth century. Robert H. Jackson, an associate justice on the case, is generally considered one of the Court's most gifted writers. Though much has been written about \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e, citing the writing and remarks of the justices who participated in the 1954 decision, comparatively little has been said about Jackson or his unpublished opinion, which is sometimes even mistakenly taken as a dissenting opinion. This book visits \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e from Jackson's perspective and, in doing so, offers a reinterpretation of the justice's thinking, and of the Supreme Court's decision making, in a ruling that continues to reverberate through the nation's politics and public life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together judicial biography, legal history, and judicial politics, \u003ci\u003eJustice Robert H. Jackson's Unpublished Opinion in Brown v. Board\u003c\/i\u003e provides a nuanced look at constitutional interpretation, and the intersection of law and politics, from inside the mind of a justice, within the context of a Court deciding a seminal case. Through an analysis of six drafts of Jackson's unpublished concurring opinion, David M. O'Brien explores the justice's evolving thoughts on relevant issues at critical moments in the case. His retelling of \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new view of longstanding arguments confronted by Jackson and the other justices over \"original intent\" versus a \"living Constitution,\" the role of the Court, and social change and justice in American political life. The book includes the final draft of Jackson's unpublished opinion, as well as the Warren Court's opinions in \u003ci\u003eBrown\u003c\/i\u003e and in \u003ci\u003eBolling v. Sharpe\u003c\/i\u003e, for comparison, along with a timeline of developments and decision making leading to the Court's landmark ruling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David M. O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700625186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700625185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"David M. O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44540336308479,"sku":"9780700625185","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d3b1f9e-77ce-44f0-bae3-597cd1f4f8a2.jpg?v=1700587327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/justice-robert-h-jacksons-unpublished-david-m-obrien-9780700625185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}