How Long to Read Dissent and the Supreme Court

How Long Does it Take to Read Dissent and the Supreme Court?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 19 minutes to read Dissent and the Supreme Court by Melvin I. Urofsky

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“Highly illuminating ... for anyone interested in the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the American democracy, lawyer and layperson alike." —The Los Angeles Review of Books In his major work, acclaimed historian and judicial authority Melvin Urofsky examines the great dissents throughout the Court’s long history. Constitutional dialogue is one of the ways in which we as a people reinvent and reinvigorate our democratic society. The Supreme Court has interpreted the meaning of the Constitution, acknowledged that the Court’s majority opinions have not always been right, and initiated a critical discourse about what a particular decision should mean before fashioning subsequent decisions—largely through the power of dissent. Urofsky shows how the practice grew slowly but steadily, beginning with the infamous and now overturned case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) during which Chief Justice Roger Taney’s opinion upheld slavery and ending with the present age of incivility, in which reasoned dialogue seems less and less possible. Dissent on the court and off, Urofsky argues in this major work, has been a crucial ingredient in keeping the Constitution alive and must continue to be so.

How long is Dissent and the Supreme Court?

Dissent and the Supreme Court by Melvin I. Urofsky is 546 pages long, and a total of 139,776 words.

This makes it 184% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dissent and the Supreme Court Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 43 minutes to read Dissent and the Supreme Court aloud.

What Reading Level is Dissent and the Supreme Court?

Dissent and the Supreme Court is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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