Description

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This book examines how Justice John Paul Stevens served as an important defender of rights in criminal justice during his thirty-five year Supreme Court career. It examines his life experiences and judicial opinions to show how the Court's most prolific opinion author defended rights throughout an era of an increasingly conservative Court.

About the Author

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Christopher E. Smith is professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University and is editor of The Rehnquist Court and Criminal Justice (Lexington, 2011).