[Ads-l] activist judges

[Peter Reitan]

Earlier, in a book review of an even earlier book.  The reviewer gives the impression that the concept is new:

Book Review of, Bernard Schwartz, "The Supreme Court: Constitutional Revolution in Retrospect", New York, The Ronald Press, 1957, review by Dunham, Allison, “The University of Chicago Law Review.” The University of Chicago Law Review, vol. 26, no. 1, 1958, pp. 176–178. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1598219<http://www.jstor.org/stable/1598219>.

"Professor Schwartz does make helpful contributions to understanding the Supreme Court.  He quite properly advises the public to forget about the "liberal and "conservative" classification of judges.  He also attempts to note a possible modern distinction between "activist" judges and judges who maintain an attitude of self-restraint."



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Still earlier:


1959 _Michigan Law Review_ 57: 348  If there was any case where an activist=
 judge like Black would intervene, it would seem to be this one.

Fred Shapiro




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