Spring / Summer 2016 Newsletter
California Supreme Court Historical Society newsletter · spring/ summer 201 Praise for Constitutional Governance and Judicial Power ust as California is a national leader in SCHEIBER Jpolitics, economics, technology, and culture, the California Supreme Court is “This far-reaching and scholarly text weaves together many of the key social, cultural, one of the most important state courts in economic, and political themes of the first 150 years of California. It reveals how, during the country. Its doctrinal innovations have each era, the justices and the court evolved, reacted, and contributed to the development and Judicial Power Governance Constitutional been cited by other courts—including the of law and society. There is much to learn in each chapter for all who are interested in U.S. Supreme Court—and watched intently history, governance, and the rule of law.” by the press and the public. Harry N. Scheiber is the Riesenfeld Chair —Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of the State of California Constitutional Professor of Law and History, Emeritus, and Constitutional Governance and “This is history with a heartbeat. The tensions and passions that have pervaded the work Chancellor’s Emeritus Professor, at the Uni- Judicial Power tells the story of this im- of the California Supreme Court for 165 years are related in symphonic fashion, by a versity of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Governance and portant institution, from its founding at the cadre of astute and insightful scholars. Lawyers and historians are truly blessed to have He also is director of the School’s Institute dawn of statehood to the modern-day era an authoritative reference for the historic strands of jurisprudence and personality that for Legal Research and previously served as of complex rulings on issues such as tech- continue to influence the course of justice in California.” president of the American Society for Legal nology, privacy, and immigrant rights.
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