David M. O'Brien (1951–2018)

Author of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics

About the Author

David Michael O'Brien was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on August 30, 1951. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and philosophy, a master's degree in political science, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He taught politics at the show more University of Puget Sound and served briefly as chairman of its politics department. He joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1979 and taught politics there for almost four decades. He wrote, co-wrote, or edited more than a dozen books. His book, Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He died of lung cancer on December 20, 2018 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Constitutional Law and Politics

Works by David M. O'Brien

Constitutional Law and Politics, Volume 2: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (1995) 145 copies

Constitutional Law and Politics, Volume 1: Struggles for Power and Governmental Accountability (1991) 131 copies

Judges on Judging: Views from the Bench (Chatham House Studies in Political Thinking) (1997) 39 copies

Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye V. City of Hialeah (2004) 17 copies, 1 review

The Lanahan Readings in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (1999) 14 copies

Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics (2020) 9 copies

Supreme Court Watch 1998 (1998) 7 copies, 1 review

Supreme Court Watch-1994: Highlights of the 1993-1994 Term Preview of the 1994-1995 Term (Supreme Court Watch) (1994) 6 copies

Constitutional Law and Politics: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (Volume 2) (2023) 6 copies

Constitutional Law and Politics: Volume 1: Struggles for Power and Governmental Accountability (2020) 5 copies

The Public's Right to Know: The Supreme Court and the First Amendment (1981) 5 copies

Constitutional Law and Politics: Volume 2: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (2020) 5 copies

Congress shall make no law : the First Amendment, unprotected expression, and the Supreme Court (2010) 4 copies

Constitutional Law and Politics: Struggles for Power and Governmental Accountability (Volume 1) (2023) 4 copies

Supreme Court Watch 1993 (1994) 4 copies

Justice Robert H. Jackson's Unpublished Opinion in Brown v. Board : Conflict, Compromise, and Constitutional Interpretation (2017) 3 copies

What process is due? : courts and science-policy disputes (1987) 3 copies

Supreme Court Watch 3 copies

To Dream of Dreams: Religious Freedom and Constitutional Politics in Postwar Japan (1996) 3 copies

The Politics of technology assessment: Institutions, processes, and policy disputes (1982) 3 copies

Supreme Court Watch 2003 (2003) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 2015: An Annual Supplement (2015) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 1996: Highlights of the 1993-1996 Terms, Preview of the 1996-1997 Terms (1996) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 1999: Highlights of the 1996-1999 Terms, Preview of the 1999-2000 Term (Supreme Court Watch) (1999) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 2001: Highlights of the 1999-2000 Terms, Preview of the 2001-2002 Term (2001) 2 copies

Privacy, law, and public policy (1979) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 2002 (2002) 2 copies

Supreme Court Watch 1991 (1991) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 1995: An Annual Supplement (1997) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2007: Highlights of the 2004-2006 Terms and Preview of the 2007 Term (2007) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2005: Highlights of the 2001-2003 Terms, Preview of the 2004 Term (Supreme Court Watch) (2005) 1 copy

Constitutional Law and Politics (2 v.) 1 copy

Special leave to appeal : the law and practice of applications for special leave to appeal to the High Court of Australia (1996) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2010: Highlights of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Terms and Preview of the 2010 Term (2010) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2009: Highlights of the 2007 and 2008 Terms and Preview of the 2009 Term (2009) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2008: Highlights of the 2007 Term and Preview of the 2008 Term (2008) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2000: Highlights of the 1999-2000 Term, Preview of the 2000-2001 Term (2000) 1 copy

Supreme Court Watch 2005: Highlights of the 2004 Term and Preview of the 2005 Term (2005) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: O’Brien, David Michael
Birthdate: 1951-08-30
Date of death: 2018-12-20
Gender: male
Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (BA, MA, PhD)
Occupations: legal scholar
professor (Political Science)
Organizations: University of Virginia
University of Puget Sound
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA
Place of death: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah by David M. O'Brien

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Supreme Court Watch, 1998: Highlights of the 1996-1998 Terms (Preview of the 1998-1999 Term) by David M. O'Brien