SUPREME COURT
RESEARCH GUIDE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

WILLIAM J. BRENNAN


Law Review Articles

A justice for all: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the decisions that transformed America. Kim Isaac Eisler. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1993.

Architect of the Bill of Rights. Laurence H. Tribe. 77 ABA Journal 46 (Feb. 1991).

Are citizens justified in being suspicious of the law and the legal system? William J. Brennan Jr. 43 University of Miami Law Review 981 (May 1989).

A Bibliography of Associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. 12 Seton Hall Law Review 430-444 (Spring 1982).

The Bill of Rights: state constitution as guardians of individual rights. (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 59 New York State Bar Journal 10 (May 1987).

Brennan: embattled defender of liberalism. 2 National Law Journal 22, col. 1 (Feb. 18, 1980).

Brennan holds his own on `Rehnquist Court.' David Lauter, Fred Strasser and Kirk Victor. 9 National Law Journal 5, col. 1 (Jan. 26, 1987).

Brennan lauds state courts for taking lead in defending rights. 18 Criminal Justice Newsletter 5 (May 1, 1987).

The Brennan legacy: a roundtable discussion. Bruce Fein, Rex Lee, Jesse Chooper, A.E. Dick Howard and Burt Neuborne. 77 ABA Journal 52 (Feb. 1991).

Brennan on the record. (William Brennan). 117 New Jersey Law Journal 20 (June 26, 1986).

Brennan opposes colleague's plan to reduce Supreme Court workload. 13 Criminal Justice Newsletter 5 (Sept. 27, 1982).

Brennan v. Meese: clearly a lecture was needed. 98 Los Angeles Daily Journal 4 (Oct. 23, 1985).

Brennan v. Rehnquist: the battle for the Constitution. Peter Irons. New York: Knopf, 1994.

Brennan v. Rehnquist: the politics of constitutional jurisprudence. 22 Gonzaga Law Review 307 (June 1987).

Brennan's state Constitutional era twenty-five years later: the history, the present, and the state Constitutional wall. (Emerging issues in state Constitutional law). Daniel Gordon. 73 Temp. L. Rev. 1031 (Fall 2000).

Color-blind, creed-blind, status-blind, sex-blind (14th Amendment). William J. Brennan Jr. 14 Human Rights 30 (Winter 1987).

The Constitution of the United States: contemporary ratification. (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 43 National Lawyers Guild Practitioner 1 (Winter 1986).

Constitutional commands of human dignity: a bicentennial essay in honor of Mr. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. 5 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 237 (July 1992).

Constitutional adjudication and the death penalty: a view from the court. (The 1986 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Lecture delivered on September 5, 1986.) William J. Brennan Jr. 100 Harvard Law Review 313 (Dec. 1986).

Construing the Constitution. (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr., John Paul Stevens and Edwin Meese III. 19 U.C. Davis Law Review 1 (Fall 1985).

A Court divided? (debate over constitutional jurisdiction of Supreme Court) 100 U.S. News and World Report 14 (Jan. 13, 1986).

"The Defects of better motives:" reflections on Mr. Meese's jurisprudence of original intention. 39 Oklahoma Law Review 23 (Spring 1986).

The Dialogue of heart and head. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Lynne Henderson. 10 Cardozo Law Review 123 (Oct-Nov 1988).

The Equality principle in American constitutional jurisprudence. (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 48 Ohio State Law Journal 921 (Fall 1987).

False prophet - Justice Brennan and the theory of state constitutional law. (Symposium on State Constitutional Jurisprudence.) Earl M. Maltz. 15 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 129 (Spring 1988).

Foreword. (Symposium on the Revolution in State Constitutional Law.) William J. Brennan Jr. 13 Vermont Law Review 11 (Spring 1988).

"How goes the Supreme Court?" (Symposium: employment discrimination) (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 36 Mercer Law Review 781 (Spring 1985).

How the Constitution disappeared. 81 Commentary 19 (Feb. 1986).

Humane law and humanistic justice. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Edward de Grazia. 10 Cardozo Law Review 25 (Oct-Nov 1988).

In defense of dissents. (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 37 Hastings Law Journal 427 (Jan. 1986).

An Invitation to state courts. William J. Brennan Jr. 26 Judges Journal 9 (Summer 1987).

Is the Constitution still meaningful? Public reflections upon the fundamental law of the land. Peter Schotten. 33 South Dakota Law Review 32 (Spring 1988).

Judicial discretion, or the self on the shelf. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium) by Richard Weisberg. 10 Cardozo Law Review 105 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

Judicial process as an empirical study: a comment on Justice Brennan's essay. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Charles M. Yablon. 10 Cardozo Law Review 149 (Oct-Nov 1988).

Justice Brennan: a tribute to a federal judge who believes in state's rights. (Special Issue Dedicated to Justice William J. Brennan). Ann Lousin. 20 John Marshall Law Review 1 (Fall 1986).

Justice Brennan and freedom of expression doctrine in the Burger Court. Edward V. Hook. 24 San Diego Law Review 1153 (Sept-Oct 1987).

Justice Brennan and the Burger court: policy-making in the judicial thicket. Stanley H. Friedelbaum. 19 Seton Hall Law Review 188 (Spring 1989).

Justice Brennan and the development of obscenity policy by the Supreme Court. 18 California Western Law Review 410 (Spring 1982).

Justice Brennan and the heyday of Warren Court liberalism. 20 Santa Clara Law Review 841 (Fall 1980).

Justice Brennan and the jurisprudence of dissent. Laura Krugman Ray. 51 Temple Law Review 307 (Summer 1988).

Justice Brennan at 80. (U.S. Supreme Court) David O. Stewart. 73 ABA Journal (Jan. 1, 1987).

Justice Brennan, Justice Rehnquist, and free speech. 80 Northwestern University Law Review 285 (April 1985).

Justice Brennan, natural right, and constitutional interpretation. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). George Anastaplo. 10 Cardozo Law Review 201 (Oct-Nov 1988).

Justice Brennan, Catholicism, and the Establishment Clause. Rodney A. Grunes and Jon Veen. 35 U.S.F. L. Rev. 526 (Spring 2001).

Justice Brennan, the Constitution, and modern American liberalism. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). David Rudenstine. 10 Cardozo Law Review 163 (Oct-Nov 1988).

Justice Brennan: the heart has its reasons. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Richard D. Cudahy. 10 Cardozo Law Review 93 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

Justice Brennan: the individual and labor law. 58 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1003 (Fall 1982).

Justice Brennan vs. the Constitution. Raoul Berger. 29 Boston College Law Review 787 (Sept. 1988).

Justice Brennan's "passion." (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Julius Cohen. 10 Cardozo Law Review 193 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

Justice Brennan's philosophy of federalism. (Special issue dedicated to Justice Brennan). Charles J. Corrigan. 20 John Marshall Law Review 149 (Fall 1986).

Justice William Brennan. (Contributions of the Warren Court to equal protection.) 12 North Carolina Central Law Journal 279 (Spring 1981).

Justice William Brennan after twenty-five years. 1981 Annual Survey of American Law XII (April 1982).

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Elizabeth F. Defeis. 16 Seton Hall Law Review 429 (Spring 1986).

Justice William J. Brennan Jr.: a justice for all seasons. ABA Journal (Special Issue) 18 (June 15, 1986). RESERVE

Justice William J. Brennan Jr.: freedom first. Roger Goldman with David Gallen. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994.

A Justice's passion. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). David Cole. 10 Cardozo Law Review 221 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

Law and consciousness. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Charles A. Reich. 10 Cardozo Law Review 77 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

A Life on the court. (Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr.) (interview). Jeffrey T. Leeds. 136 New York Times Magazine 24, col. 1 (Oct. 5, 1986).

A Life on the Court. (Interview). David O. Stewart. 77 ABA Journal 62 (Feb. 1991).

Mr. Justice Brennan. 15 Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review 292 (Fall 1980).

My encounters with the Constitution. (The Bicentennial Celebrating the Constitution). William J. Brennan Jr. 26 Judges Journal 9 (Summer 1987).

New York Times v. Sullivan: Justice Brennan's beautiful lie. 28 Free Speech Yearbook 37 (Jan. 1990).

Parochiaid and the abortion decisions: Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. versus the U.S. Catholic hierarchy. Samuel A. Mills. 34 Journal of Church and State 751 (1992).

The Partisan battle over the Constitution: Meese's jurisprudence of original intention and Brennan's theory of contemporary ratification. Jonathan K. Van Patten. 70 Marquette Law Review 389 (Spring 1987).

Passion for justice. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Martha L. Minow and Elizabeth V. Spelman. 10 Cardozo Law Review 37 (Oct-Nov. 1988).

Passion in legal argument and judicial decision-making: a comment on Goldberg v. Kelly. (Reason, Passion, and Justice Brennan: a Symposium). Stephen Winzer. 10 Cardozo Law Review 179 (Oct-Nov 1988).

Piercing the veil: William J. Brennan's account of Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. Lee Epstein and Jack Knight. 19 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 341 (Fall 2001).

Profiles: The Constitutionalist. (William J. Brennan) The New Yorker 45 (March 12, 1990). RESERVE

"Property," "due process," and the distinction between definition and theory in legal analysis. Timothy Terrell. 70 Georgetown Law Journal 891 (Feb. 1982).

Remarks of associate Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., seventy-fifth anniversary dinner. (Transcript). 36 Rutgers Law Review 725 (Summer 1984).

The Roles of the state supreme court justice and the United States Supreme Court justice. William J. Brennan Jr. 56 New York State Bar Journal 6 (Oct. 1984).

Running on empty: Justice Brennan's plea, the empty state, the City of Richmond, and the profession. Kenneth Casebeer. 43 University of Miami Law Review 989 (May 1989).

The Single contract as minimum contacts: Justice Brennan "has it his way." Pamela Stephens. 28 William and Mary Law Review 89 (Fall 1986).

Some judicial aspects of federalism. (10th Judicial Conference of Puerto Rico, December 15,1983). William J. Brennan Jr. 52 Revista Juridica de la Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico 1 (Winter 1983).

Tribute to Justice Brennan. 36 Rutgers Law Review 729 (Summer 1984).

Tribute to Mr. Justice Brennan. Richard A. Posner. 1981 Annual Survey of American Law XI (April 1982).

Two myths at the Supreme Court: reputations aside, Brennan keeps the Burger court on a liberal course. 96 Los Angeles Daily Journal 4, col. 3 (Sept. 30, 1983).

Visions of a labor lawyer: the legacy of Justice Brennan. 33 William and Mary Law Review 1123 (March 22, 1992).

What's ahead for the new lawyer? (Transcript). William J. Brennan Jr. 47 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 705 (Spring 1986).

The White River Junction manifesto. 9 Vermont Law Review 183 (Fall 1981).


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Treatises and Government Documents

Brennan, William Joseph. An Affair with freedom: a collection of his opinions and speeches drawn from his first decade as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Atheneum, 1967. [KF 213 .B75 F7]

Harvard Law School. Proceedings in honor of Mr. Justice Brennan. Harvard Law School, 1967. [KF 292 .H35 P76 1967]

Hopkins, W. Wat. Mr. Justice Brennan and freedom of expression. New York: Praeger, 1991. [KF 213 .B75 H66 1991]

Lewin, Nathan. "William J. Brennan." In The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1978, ed. Leon Friedman, p.239-290, vol.5. Chelsea House, 1978. [KF 8744 .F75 v.5] RESERVE.

O'Brien, Tim. "William J. Brennan, Jr." In 8 men and a lady: profiles of the justices of the Supreme Court. The Judicial Staff of the National Press, p.51-76. Bethesda: The National Press, 1990. [KF 8744 .E38 1990] RESERVE.

Reason and passion: Justice Brennan's enduring influence. Edited by E. Joshua Rosenkranz and Bernard Schwartz. 1st ed. New York: Norton, c1997. [KF 8745 .B68 R43 1997]

Richards, Robert D. Uninhibited, robust, and wide open: Mr. Justice Brennan’s legacy to the First Amendment. Boone, N.C.: Parkway Publishers, c1994. [KF 8745 .B68 R53 1994]


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