Peter Irons is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of California, San Diego. A graduate of Harvard Law School and noted Supreme Court authority, his numerous books, including A People's History of the Supreme Court, have won five Silver Gavel awards from the American Bar Association for their contributions to public understanding of the American legal system. He has also contributed to numerous law reviews and other journals.
Books by Peter Irons
White Men's Law: The Roots of Systemic Racism
Oxford University Press, 2021
The Steps to the Supreme Court: A Guided Tour of the American Legal System
John Wiley and Sons , 2012
God on Trial: Dispatches from America's Religious Battlefields
Viking Penguin, 2007
War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution
Metropolitan Books, 2005
Cases and Controversies: Civil Rights and Liberties in Context
Prentice Hall, 2004
Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
Viking Penguin, 2002
Viking Penguin, 1999
