The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of ...

Compellingly written, accessible, and interpretive, Melvin I. Urofsky’s stories of major Supreme Court cases and the impact of each ruling on American constitutional law make a readable book for every student.