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103 Harv. L. Rev. 1748 (1989-1990)
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handle is hein.journals/hlr103 and id is 1766 raw text is: RECENT PUBLICATIONS THE ANTAGONISTS: HUGO BLACK, FELIX FRANKFURTER AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN MODERN AMERICA. By James F. Simon. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1989. Pp. 312. $19.95. Relying significantly on previously unpublished papers and interviews, the author uses the contentious relationship between Justices Black and Frankfurter to illuminate a critical quarter century of Supreme Court history and doctrine. Simon's analysis of the conflict between the judicial philos- ophies of activism and restraint, and between the Justices who cham- pioned them, is easy and interesting reading. A treat for the aficio- nado of modern American history, the book reviews the divergent backgrounds and beliefs, the intellectual rivalry, and the final intimate friendship of two of the most remarkable and influential judicial personalities of the century. The book is also valuable to the scholar of the personal interactions behind published opinions, especially be- cause the material ranges beyond the two Justices and the one topical area mentioned in the subtitle. SECURING THE RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT: SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND THE UNEMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES. By Philip Harvey. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 1989. Pp. x, 146. $25.o0. The basic argument of this book is good jobs at good wages. The author, a visiting assistant professor at the Yale School of Man- agement, proposes a national employment assurance policy that would guarantee public jobs to everyone able to work. Relying on such authoritative sources as FDR's Economic Bill of Rights and opinion polls by the New York Times and Fortune, Harvey asserts that a belief that the federal government should guarantee meaningful employment to all Americans is widespread. He develops a jobs program modeled on New Deal social welfare plans that he argues will prove superior to existing unemployment and antipoverty pro- grams. The author identifies several potential problems with guar- anteed public employment, such as rampant inflation, administrative difficulties, the unavailability of worthwhile work projects, and low worker morale. These concerns, he maintains, are not insurmount- able; for example, a public employee who fails to perform his job satisfactorily could always be terminated and reassigned to another public job. According to Harvey, only entrenched special interests stand in the way of full national employment. With the example of the Soviet Union before us, it's hard to imagine Harvey's program being ignored for long. 1748

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