Melvin I Urofsky

Biographic Data

ID511697
NAMEMelvin I Urofsky
GIVEN NAMESMelvin I
FAMILY NAMEUrofsky
SIGNATUREUROFSKY M I
AFFILIATIONSVirginia Commonwealth University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS68
TOTAL CITATIONS51
AUTHOR COUNT68
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • The Campaign Finance Cases

    Open AccessMelvin I UrofskyBOOKCampaign Finance Cases2021

  • Louis D. Brandeis and the making of regulated competition, 1900–1932 – By Gerald Berk

    Open AccessMelvin I UrofskyARTICLEThe Economic History Review2011

  • Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky

    Melvin I Urofsky, James E St Clair et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2001

    Journal Article Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography Get access Clair James E. St. Gugin Linda C., Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2002. xiv, 394 pp. $35.00. Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 45, Iss…

  • The Oyez Project

    Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database . Established by Jerry Goldman, maintained by Tony Becker, Northwestern University. Visited February 11, 2001 Get access Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 753–754, https://doi.or…

  • Lethal Judgments

    Kenneth Allen Deville, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2000

    In two 1997 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide. Yet for many people this concept strikes to the heart of our sense of liberty even as it tugs at our hearts in the face of human suffering. Lethal Judgments examines those cases, the law surrounding the plaintiffs' claims, and the moral debate over physician-assisted suicide. A concise and gracefully written overview of one of the m…

  • The Constitution of the United States

    Melvin I Urofsky, David P CurrieARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2000

    Journal Article The Constitution of the United States: A Primer for the People Get access Currie David P., The Constitution of the United States: A Primer for the People. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. 165 pp. $30.00 (hardback). $10.00 (paper). Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issu…

  • Taft, Holmes, and the 1920s Court

    Melvin I Urofsky, David H Burton et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Taft, Holmes, and the 1920s Court: An Appraisal. By David H. Burton. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1998. 174 pp. $33.50, ISBN 0-8386-3768-X and Keeping the Faith: A Cultural History of the U.S. Supreme Court. By John E. Semonche. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. x, 499 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-8476-8985-9 Get access Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Search …

  • Exploring the Judicial Past

    M Marcus, Maria L Marcus et al.ARTICLEOAH Magazine of History1998

    Journal Article Exploring the Judicial Past Get access Maeva Marcus, Maeva Marcus Maeva Marcus is the director and editor of The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–4800, of which six volumes have been pubUshed to date. She is also the author of Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power (1977). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Melvin I. Urofsky Melvi…

  • Affirmative Action on Trial

    Alice Kessler-Harris, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Affirmative Action on Trial: Sex Discrimination in Johnson v. Santa Clara. By Melvin I. Urofsky. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1997. xiv, 201 pp. Cloth, $25.00, ISBN 0-7006-0829-x. Paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-7006-0830-3) Get access Alice Kessler-Harris Alice Kessler-Harris Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 8…

  • Sherman Minton

    Melvin I Urofsky, Linda C Gugin et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice. By Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair. (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1997. xx, 370 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-87195-116-9) Get access Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Page 300, https://…

  • Division and Discord

    Gerald T Dunne, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEJournal of American History1998Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Division and Discord: The Supreme Court under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953. By Melvin I. Urofsky. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xvi, 298 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-57003-120-7) Get access Gerald T. Dunne Gerald T. Dunne Emeritus Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 299–300,…

  • In the Arms of Others

    Melvin I Urofsky, Peter G FileneARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1998

    Journal Article In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-to-Die in America Get access Filene Peter G., In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right-to-Die in America. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. 1998. xvii, 282pp. $27.50. Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 3, July 1998, Pa…

  • Division and Discord

    Howard Ball, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1998

    Journal Article Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953 Get access Urofsky Melvin I., Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xv, 298 pp. $39.95. Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 1…

  • The Supreme Court Justices

    Joseph A Melusky, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEJournal of American History1996

    Journal Article The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. by Melvin I. Urofsky. (New York: Garland, 1994. xvi, 570 pp. $75.00, ISBN 0-8153-1176-1.) Get access Joseph A. Melusky Joseph A. Melusky Saint Francis College, Loretto, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 4, March 1996, Pages 1681–1682, https://doi.org/10.2307/2945462 Published:…

  • The Flag Salute Case

    Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEOAH Magazine of History1995

    Journal Article The Flag Salute Case Get access Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin Urofsky is professor of constitutional history at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the author of biographical studies of Louis D. Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and William O. Douglas. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar OAH Magazine of History, Volume 9, Issue 2, Winter 1995, Pages 30–32, https://doi.org/10.1093/ma…

  • Bone of Bone and Flesh of Flesh

    Melvin I Urofsky, Henry L Feingold et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1994

    On June 7, 1892, a group of well-to-do German American Jews founded the American Jewish Historical Society. Its first president, Cyrus Adler, declared that it was the patriotic duty of every ethnic group America to record its contributions to the Another of the yahudim present was blunter: the Jews had to show how American they were in order to stem the growing antiSemitism the country. This attitude of having to convince the gentiles that Americ…

  • The Constitution, Law, and American Life

    Melvin I Urofsky, Donald G NiemanARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1994

  • An Incomplete Portrait

    Melvin I Urofsky, David P CurrieARTICLEReviews in American History1992

  • A Conflict of Rights

    Hugh Davis Graham, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1992

  • The Justice from Beacon Hill

    Melvin I Urofsky, Liva BakerARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes. By Liva Baker. (New York: HarperCollins, 1991. xiv + 783 pp. $29.95.) Get access The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes. By Baker Liva. (New York: HarperCollins, 1991. xiv + 783 pp. $29.95.) Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal…

  • Felix Frankfurter

    Clyde Spillenger, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article Felix Frankfurter: Judicial Restraint and Individual Liberties. By Melvin I. Urofsky. (Boston: Twayne, 1991. xiv + 234 pp. $26.95, ISBN 0-8057-7774-1.) Get access Clyde Spillenger Clyde Spillenger University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 715–716, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080161 Published: 01 …

  • A People's Charter

    Melvin I Urofsky, James Macgregor Burns et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992Cited by: 1

    Journal Article A People's Charter: The Pursuit of Rights in America. By James MacGregor Burns and Stewart Burns. (New York: Knopf, 1991. xii + 577 pp. $30.00, ISBN 0-394-57763-9.) Get access Melvin I. Urofsky Melvin I. Urofsky Virginia Commonwealth University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 3, December 1992, Pages 1147–1148, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080837 Pub…

  • Half Brother, Half Son

    Michael Parrish, Michael E Parrish et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992Cited by: 1

  • Felix Frankfurter

    Tony Freyer, Melvin I UrofskyARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1992

    Journal Article Felix Frankfurter: Judicial Restraint and Individual Liberties Get access Urofsky Melvin I., Felix Frankfurter: Judicial Restraint and Individual Liberties. Twayne Publishers, Boston, 1991. ix, 233 pp. $26.95. Tony Freyer Tony Freyer The University of Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 36, Issue 3, July 1992, Pages 390–391, https://doi.org/10.2…

  • Abe Fortas

    Melvin I Urofsky, Laura KalmanARTICLEJournal of American History1991Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Abe Fortas: A Biography. By Laura Kalman. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. xiv + 499 pp. $29.95.) Get access Meivin I. Urofsky Meivin I. Urofsky College of William and Mary Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1132–1133, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078924 Published: 01 December 1991