Business and the Roberts Court

by Jonathan H. Adler (Editor)

In recent years, the Supreme Court appears to have taken a greater interest in "business" issues. Does this reflect a change in the Court's orientation, or is it the natural outcome of the appellate process? Is the Court "pro-business"? If so, in what ways do the Court's decisions support business interests and what does that mean for the law and the American public? Business and the Roberts Court provides the first critical analysis of the Court's business-related jurisprudence. In this volume, prominent academics examine the Roberts Court's handling of business-related cases, through a series of empirical and doctrinal analyses. Issues covered include securities law, antitrust, labor law, preemption, and environmental law, among others.

Business law and regulatory cases touch on many important legal doctrines and can have far-reaching effects. Understanding the bases upon which the Supreme Court decides business-related cases is of tremendous importance to practitioners and academics. It can also further greater understanding of one of the nation's most important government institutions. These issues are of interest to academics, but also of practical importance to Supreme Court and business practitioners.

354 pages, Hardcover

Published July 19, 2016

About the author

Jonathan H. Adler (J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 2000 (valedictorian); B.A. History, Yale University, 1991) is the Johan Verheij Memorial professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he is Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation, and a regular contributor to the law blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, as well as a contributing editor to National Review Online.

Professor Adler is also a senior fellow at the Property & Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana, and at the Center for the Study of the Administrative State at the George Mason University School of Law. He additionally serves on the academic advisory board of the Cato Supreme Court Review, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, and the Environmental Law Institute’s Environmental Law Reporter and ELI Press Advisory Board.