The doctrine of judicial review : Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Marbury / Chief Justice Warren E. Burger -- The Supreme Court in the American system of government / Justice Robert H. Jackson -- The adversary judge : the experience of the trial judge / Judge Marvin E. Frankel -- Reflections from the appellate bench : deciding appeals, work cycle, and collaborating with law clerks / Judge Frank M. Coffin -- Bureaucratization of the federal courts : the tension between justice and efficiency / Judge Alvin B. Rubin -- What really goes on at the Supreme Court / Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. -- The Supreme Court's conference / Justice William H. Rehnquist -- Deciding what to decide : the docket and the rule of four / Justice John Paul Stevens -- The role of oral argument / Justice John M. Harlan, Jr. -- Precedent and policy : judicial opinions and decision making / Chief Justice Walter V. Schaefer -- The office of the Chief Justice : Warren E. Burger and the administration of justice / Judge Edward A. Tamm, Justice Paul C. Reardon.
The notion of a living constitution / Justice William H. Rehnquist -- A relativistic constitution / Chief Judge William Wayne Justice -- When judges legislate/ Justice Dallin H. Oaks -- The jurisprudence of judicial restraint : a return to the Moorings / Judge J. Clifford Wallace -- Tradition and morality in constitutional law / Judge Robert H. Bork -- Some reflections on the reading of statutes / Justice Felix Frankfurter -- Congress, court, and control of delegated power / Judge Carl McGowan -- The doctrine of standing as an element of the separation of powers / Judge Antonin Scalia -- The Bill of Rights / Justice Hugo L. Black -- Guardians of our liberties: state courts no less than federal / Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. -- First things first : rediscovering the states' Bill of Rights / Justice Hans A. Linde -- Trends in the relationship between the federal and state courts / Justice Sandra D. O'Connor.
The role of the courts in contemporary society / Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert -- The courts and social policy : substance and procedure / Judge Henry J. Friendly -- Judicial activism is a duty: not an intrusion / Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. -- On the cause and treatment of judicial activism / Chief Judge Howard T. Markey -- The activist judicial mind / Judge Ralph K. Winter.