The majesty of the law : reflections of a Supreme Court Justice / Sandra Day O'Connor; edited by Criag Joyce.

New York : Random House, 2003.

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O'Connor, Sandra Day, -- 1930-.

Legal reminiscences -- United States.

Legal biography -- United States.

Judges -- United States -- Biography.

I. Life on the Court: 1. What's it like?

2. The Court's agenda

3. Judicial appointment and tenure : a history

4. The Supreme Court Reports

II. A bit of history: 5. Magna Carta and the rule of law

6. The Constitution

7. The ratification

8. The evolution of the Bill of Rights

9. The Judiciary Act 1789 and American judicial tradition

10. Impeachment and judicial independence

11. A President, a Chief Justice, and the writ of habeas corpus

III. People who have helped shape the Court: 12. The rights of the individual and the legacy of Holmes

13. William Howard Taft and the importance of unanimity

14. Charles Evans Hughes and President Roosevelt's Court-expansion plan

15. Thurgood Marshall : the influence of a raconteur

16. Warren E Burger

17. Lewis F Powell, Jr IV. Women and the law: 18. Women in society : the American experience

19. The women's suffrage movement and its aftermath

20. Women in judging

21. Women in power

V. The legal profession and the courts: 22. Organization and structure of the American judicial system

23. Juries : problems and solutions

24. Professionalism

25. Broadening our horizens

VI. The rule of law in the twenty-first century: 26. Shield of freedom : the American Constitution and its Court

27. The life of the law : principles of logic and experience from the United States

28. Through the looking glass and into the crystal ball.

Includes bibliography and index.

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xx, 330 p : ill.