Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet (jewish Lives)
by Jeffrey Rosen /
2016 / English / EPUB
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A riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice
of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation
to the U.S. Supreme Court
A riveting new examination of the leading progressive justice
of his era, published in the centennial year of his confirmation
to the U.S. Supreme Court
According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was “the Jewish
Jefferson,” the greatest critic of what he called “the curse of
bigness,” in business and government, since the author of the
Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the
hundredth anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June
1, 1916,
According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was “the Jewish
Jefferson,” the greatest critic of what he called “the curse of
bigness,” in business and government, since the author of the
Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the
hundredth anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June
1, 1916,Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet
Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet argues that
Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the
twentieth century. In addition to writing the most famous article
on the right to privacy, he also wrote the most important Supreme
Court opinions about free speech, freedom from government
surveillance, and freedom of thought and opinion. And as the
leader of the American Zionist movement, he convinced Woodrow
Wilson and the British government to recognize a Jewish homeland
in Palestine. Combining narrative biography with a passionate
argument for why Brandeis matters today, Rosen explores what
Brandeis, the Jeffersonian prophet, can teach us about historic
and contemporary questions involving the Constitution, monopoly,
corporate and federal power, technology, privacy, free speech,
and Zionism.
argues that
Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the
twentieth century. In addition to writing the most famous article
on the right to privacy, he also wrote the most important Supreme
Court opinions about free speech, freedom from government
surveillance, and freedom of thought and opinion. And as the
leader of the American Zionist movement, he convinced Woodrow
Wilson and the British government to recognize a Jewish homeland
in Palestine. Combining narrative biography with a passionate
argument for why Brandeis matters today, Rosen explores what
Brandeis, the Jeffersonian prophet, can teach us about historic
and contemporary questions involving the Constitution, monopoly,
corporate and federal power, technology, privacy, free speech,
and Zionism.