Acclaim for previous editions"[A]n outstanding book.[A] keenly intelligent and insightful explanation of how American appellate judges have justified the special power they have in this nation."--Journal of American HistoryAcclaim for previous editions"White has written a thoughtful and often provocative work. The portraits are lucid, salient and well focused, and they readily suggest the variety of ways in which judges have exercised the personal discretion permitted by institutions of law."--The American Historical ReviewAcclaim for previous editions ".stimulating and highly readable. The American Judicial Tradition.provides an excellent introduction to some of the most influential American judges and cases [and] like all good books, provokes as many questions as it resolves.

"--Administrative Law ReviewAcclaim for previous editions "[P]rovide[s] a trenchant insight into the professional background, commitments, and jurisprudence of those jurists as well as a genuine understanding of the historical periods in which they functioned. We are all in Professor White's debt for a major achievement."--Virginia Law ReviewAcclaim for previous editions"[A]n outstanding book.[A] keenly intelligent and insightful explanation of how American appellate judges have justified the special power they have in this nation."--Journal of American HistoryAcclaim for previous editions"White has written a thoughtful and often provocative work. The portraits are lucid, salient and well focused, and they readily suggest the variety of ways in which judges have exercised the personal discretion permitted by institutions of law."--The American Historical ReviewAcclaim for previous editions ".stimulating and highly readable.

The American Judicial Tradition.provides an excellent introduction to some of the most influential American judges and cases [and] like all good books, provokes as many questions as it resolves."--Administrative Law ReviewAcclaim for previous editions "[P]rovide[s] a trenchant insight into the professional background, commitments, and jurisprudence of those jurists as well as a genuine understanding of the historical periods in which they functioned. We are all in Professor White's debt for a major achievement."--Virginia Law Review.