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Download or read book The Constitution in the Supreme Court written by David P. Currie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred years. "A thorough, systematic, and careful assessment. . . . As a reference work for constitutional teachers, it is a gold mine."—Charles A. Lofgren, Constitutional Commentary