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Deep and Wide: Justice Marshall's Contributions to Constitutional Law

Rebecca L. Brown, USC Law School

Article comments

This paper is forthcoming in 52 Howard L. J. (2009).

Abstract

This essay, a contribution to a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s birth, explores Justice Marshall’s singular understanding of equality as a driving force underlying all of constitutional law. His theory of equality as giving rise to an obligation on government to provide reasons for its actions reflects a sophisticated and under-appreciated perspective on American constitutionalism, as illustrated by several examples offered in the essay.

Subject Area

Constitutional Law, Judges

Recommended Citation

Rebecca L. Brown, "Deep and Wide: Justice Marshall's Contributions to Constitutional Law" (July 2009). University of Southern California. University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 47.
http://law.bepress.com/usclwps/lss/art47

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