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The book presents a groundbreaking analysis of how U.S. Supreme Court justices make judicial decisions, offering a strategic framework that transformed the study of judicial behavior. With a substantial 2016 Foreword by Lee Epstein and Jack Knight, it emphasizes the work's lasting influence on both law and social sciences. The republication in library-quality hardcover ensures that this classic remains accessible to new generations interested in the complexities of judicial decision-making and its global implications.

This 35th Anniversary Edition features a new introduction by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, enhancing its relevance and insight. The edition is a fresh printing from QUID PRO BOOKS, ensuring readers receive the most updated content, including the new Foreword.

This book is an unusual, fascinating and well-written observation of the life of a man who was first a war hero and Medal of honor winner from the Korean War, then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, thirdly a monk, and finally, elected Pope. His overly exciting life is described by three men who 'knew him well.' The first narrator is a Marine, telling of their time together in Korea. The second, a Constitutional scholar and Supreme Court Justice appalled at the new Chief Justice, narrates the second phase. The third is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; fat, kind but distracted. The Marine cares for him the most, the Supreme Court Justice condescends and despises him, and the Cardinal is much more interested in food than his subject. But Declan Walsh was a man who earned the Medal of Honor while ordering the death of his best friend, ruled pragmatically and energetically on the Court but lost his wife to death and neglect, and became a miraculous healer assassinated for challenging the powers that rule the secular world. A good read!