Wittgenstein and Justice

Wittgenstein and Justice
Author: Hanna Fenichel Pitkin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1985
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780520054714

Hanna Pitkin argues that Wittgenstein's later philosophy offers a revolutionary new conception of language, and hence a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world of human institutions and action.

The Burger Court

The Burger Court
Author: Charles M. Lamb
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1991
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780252061356

This volume offers valuable insights into the thirteen justices who served on the Supreme Court while Warren E. Burger was chief justice, from 1969 to 1986. Each chapter focuses on one of the thirteen, beginning with a brief introduction and biographical sketch and then analyzing the individual justice's contributions to major areas and issues of constitutional law.