上中学那会儿,就知道美国联邦最高法院只有九个大法官。就九个人能干些什么?干得过来吗? 怎么两百年了也没机构臃肿?当时很是疑惑,也很是好奇。后来上了大学,虽然了解得多了一些,可对三权之一的司法权,却跟许多人一样,脑子里并没有多少具体概念。可以说,美国法学家麦克洛斯基的《美国最高法院》虽然不见得对每个人都能解惑,但起码也是本增进知识的好参考。事实上,这是一本充满思想魅力的经典之作,文风简洁平易,娓娓道来, 甚至语言优美得会让有些中国学者认为治学不规范。因为在《美国最高法院》里有这样的句子：“在这些年里,正当大法官们一步步地追随着中庸之路时,他们的身旁却一直站着一个幽灵……”按照麦克洛斯基的说法,美国联邦最高法院已经是人类历史上最有权力的法院,获得了世界历史上任何一个司法 When I was in high school, I knew that there were only nine judges in the United States Supreme Court. What can I do about nine people, how can I do it, how can I be bloated in two hundred years? Very puzzling and curious at that time. Later went to college, although a little more understanding, but one of the three powers of the judiciary, but with many people, there are not many specific concepts in my mind. It can be said that the “Supreme Court of the United States” by the U.S. jurist Michael McCloskey may not be able to confuse everyone, but at least it is a good reference for the promotion of knowledge. In fact, this is a classic book full of ideological charm. The style of writing is concise and easy to understand. Even the graceful language will make some Chinese scholars think that the rule of law is not standardized. Because in the “Supreme Court of the United States,” there is such a sentence: “In these years, just as the judges follow the Path of the Mean step by step, they are standing beside them with a ghost ...” According to McCloskey , The Supreme Court of the United States is already the most powerful court in human history and has won any jurisdiction in world history