Biographical Sources on Justices
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In addition to the above, books held in the collections of Fondren and Underwood Libraries will be of use. These range from biographies of individual justices, to volumes treating many justices. Before digging into specialized journal literature on your justice, I strongly recommend that you consult one of these general biographical sources. This will give you an initial sense of the career and impact of your justice on the bench. Of particular interest here, note the following:
Asch, Sidney H., The Supreme Court and Its Great Justices
Blaustein and Mersky, "Rating S.C. Justices," American Bar Association Journal, 58(1983): 1183
Blaustein and Mersky, The First One Hundred Justices
Currie, George R., "A Judicial All-star Nine," Wisconsin Law Review (1964): 3-31
Frank, John P. The Marble Palace
Friedman, Leon, ed., The Justices of the United States Supreme Court
Hambeleton, James E, "The All-Time All-Star All-Era Supreme Court," American Bar Association Journal, 69 (1983): 463-464
National Press staff, Eight Men and a Lady
Nagel, Stuart, "Characteristics of Supreme Court Greatness," Journal of the American
Bar Association 56 (1970): 57-959
Schwartz, Bernard, "The Judicial Ten: America’s Greatest Judges," Southern Illinois Law Review (1979): 405-477
White, G. Edward. The American Judicial Tradition
READ a couple of these to get a sense of the general historical and biographical background of your subject. In addition to these, you might want to look at a good general history of the Court to see what it says about your Justice. Three that come immediately to mind are:
All of these can be found in libraries, and they are also readily available at new and used bookstores. The point is, you need to know something more about your Justice than his/her name before you troll for further information on his or her position on the issue (and on the Court).