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Robert Bork, 1927-2012

Robert Bork, famous for his contentious Supreme Court nomination and his originalist view of judging, died yesterday from complications of heart disease.

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Now that exams are drawing to a close, perhaps you'd like to learn more about Robert Bork?  The Moritz Law Library has many books by and about him, including:

The Antitrust Paradox: A Policy at War with Itself, by Robert Bork

Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges, by Robert Bork

Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline, by Robert Bork

A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments, by Robert Bork


Advice and Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court's Nomination Battles, by Paul Simon

Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America, by Ethan Bronner

Matters of Principle: America's Rejection of the Bork Nomination, by Mark Gitenstein

Originalism in American Law and Politics: A Constitutional History, by Johnathan O'Neill


Essays in Honor of Judge Robert H. Bork, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Spring 2008 (at HeinOnline)