The Ascent of Pragmatism: The Burger Court in Action

by Bernard Schwartz

Examines the Supreme Court's major decisions under Chief Justice Warren Burger, and argues that Burger failed to exert effective leadership over a Court split into three wings, with a pragmatic center working toward compromise

Hardcover

First published November 1, 1989

About the author

Bernard Schwartz was Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa, and is the author of forty books on the law and the history of the Supreme Court.