Page 3 - UCP_Template01_Sample

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Preface 10
11
12
his book has been a decade in the making, and I have incurred a great 13
Tmany debts during that time. My intellectual home throughout this 14
decade has been the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at 15
Syracuse University, where my thoughts about the political significance of 16
contemporary courts (and about politics more broadly) have been shaped 17
by countless interactions with colleagues and students. 18
Many of these students have aided the production of the book more 19
directly, by providing invaluable research assistance. In this regard, I 20
would like to thank Amanda DiPaolo, Cyril Ghosh, Keneshia Grant, Sam 21
Knehans, Yale Leber, Brandon Metroka, Jason Plume, John Ryan, Nilesh 22
Sinha, and especially Richard Price, who has graduated from research 23
assistant to colleague and collaborator. Richard read and provided com- 24
ments on the full manuscript and taught me much of what I know about 25
state constitutional litigation. 26
In addition to Richard, a number of friends and colleagues have 27
read and commented on various portions of the manuscript or, in some 28
cases, earlier projects that eventually evolved into this one. I would like 29
to thank Jeb Barnes, Elizabeth Cohen, Kevin den Dulk, David Garrow, 30
Bill Haltom, Ron Kahn, Ken Kersch, Art Leonard, Dan Lipson, Suzanne 31
Mettler, Lisa Miller, Julie Novkov, Sarah Pralle, Grant Reeher, Hans Peter 32
Schmitz, Carroll Seron, Ken Sherrill, Stephen Siegel, Miriam Smith, Jeff 33
Stonecash, Brian Taylor, Steve Wasby, Erika Wilkens, Amanda Winkler, 34
and especially Keith Bybee and Mark Graber. Keith provided detailed 35
comments on multiple chapters, and Mark read the full manuscript not 36
once but twice. The book is immeasurably better as a result of their 37
efforts. It might be better still if I had accepted more of their suggestions. 38
I did not impose the manuscript on my friend Kevin McMahon, but our 39

UCP_Fischel_FM.indd viii Achorn International 05/21/2009 02:08PM UCP_Fischel_FM.indd ix Achorn International 05/21/2009 02:08PM