E. Joshua Rosenkranz and
Bernard Schwartz, Editors
Reason and Passion
Justice Brennan's Enduring Influence
Tom Wicker, Anna Quindlen, Alan Dershowitz, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, and a host of
others offer tribute to Justice William J. Brennan's
tremendous legacy in a collection of colorful,
passionate essays.
During his thirty-four years as a member of the Supreme
Court, Justice William J. Brennan played a role in shaping
American justice and society that is equaled by few others. Holding
to his belief that the Constitution must be interpreted with
equal parts of "reason and passion," Justice Brennan created a
legacy of decisions, opinions, and dissents of remarkable
importance in the protection of the dignity of the individual. His
contributions include the one-person, one-vote doctrine, a
guarantee of equal rights for women, the Roe v.
Wade decision, a revolution in journalism (New York Times
v. Sullivan), and slowing the proliferation of the death penalty the longest
string of sustained dissents in history.
Essays describing Justice Brennan's life and work are
contributed by Tom Wicker, Anthony Lewis, Alan
Dershowitz, Lani Guinier, David J. Garrow, Anna Quindlen, Nat
Hentoff, David Halberstam, Derrick Bell, Laurence Tribe,
Charles Ogletree, and others including six Supreme Court
justices. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist provides a foreword
to the volume, and Justice Brennan himself has contributed a
piece reflecting on his remarkable tenure.
E. Joshua Rosenkranz is director of the Brennan Center
for Justice in New York City. Bernard Schwartz is a professor
at the University of Tulsa College of Law.
1997 / paperback / ISBN 0-393-04110-7 /
320 pages / current affairs/law
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