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About the Author
The Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Sutton was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue in Columbus, Ohio, and served as State Solicitor of the State of Ohio. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (Ret.), the Honorable Antonin Scalia and the Honorable Thomas J. Meskill.
Reviews
...Sutton's work offers a lot of value. * Richard S Price, Publius: The Journal of Federalism *
Sutton's book - with its focus on the actual litigation of constitutional cases - is a welcome respite from books and articles on constitutional law that dwell in an abstract world far from the actual conduct of cases. * Thomas A. Barnico, Massachusetts Law Review *
Jeffrey Sutton, one of Americas most distinguished judges, writes with a grace and intelligence equaled only by a handful of our greatest jurists. His collection of essays about the underestimated role of the states in creating our constitutional law is filled with human stories that bring the law to life. Its one of those rare books that lawyers and non-lawyers alike will enjoy and benefit from. * Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School *
Judge Sutton presents a masterful description of how the United States Constitution created a representative democracy with distinct roles and responsibilities for sovereign states within a federal system. Judge Sutton eloquently explains how state constitutions exercise the powers that are reserved for the States by the Tenth Amendment. This book imbues the reader with an understanding and appreciation of how the people in each state use their own constitutions to uniquely provide protections of individual liberty that are in addition to the guarantees of the Bill of Rights. * Justice Randy J. Holland, Retired, Delaware Supreme Court, State Constitutional Historian *
Jeffrey Sutton is that rare combination: a respected jurist and also a scholar. In this book, he brings to life a little-known part of our judicial history: the contributions of state courts to the defense and articulation of constitutional values. The United States Supreme Court usually gets the limelight. This book shows that state court judges also deserve our attention and respect. * Michael W. McConnell, Richard & Frances Mallery Professor, Stanford Law School, and former Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit *
51 Imperfect Solutions is a brilliant and long-overdue effort to restore the salience of state constitutional lawand to advocate for its independencein our understandings of the development of all American rights, both state and federal. It is hard to imagine anyone with more experience in both court systems, or with a deeper understanding of these issues, than Judge Sutton. * Abbe R. Gluck, Professor of Law, Yale Law School *
Judge Sutton, a leading federal judge whos spent his career championing federalism, is the perfect bearer of this important message: Not all constitutional law comes from the federal Constitutionwe must remember state constitutions. This book should change the way constitutional law is taught and litigated. * William Baude, University of Chicago Law School *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190866044
Author Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 163mm * 239mm * 31mm