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Author: Jacqueline R. Braitman Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476600716 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 287
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This is the first biography of Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), iconic protector of civil rights and civil liberties during his 37 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of California (1964 to 2001). He had quickly risen as a well liked leader among Los Angeles reformers, as executive secretary to California governor Culbert Olson and then 16 years as a superior court judge. His 1958 election and service as state attorney general soon won national attention and the promise of likely election to the U.S. Senate, but an unexpected campaign twist augured a new course. This book frames Mosk's Supreme Court years and the landmark cases in which his opinions or biting dissents continue to resonate.
Author: Jacqueline R. Braitman Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476600716 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 287
Book Description
This is the first biography of Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), iconic protector of civil rights and civil liberties during his 37 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of California (1964 to 2001). He had quickly risen as a well liked leader among Los Angeles reformers, as executive secretary to California governor Culbert Olson and then 16 years as a superior court judge. His 1958 election and service as state attorney general soon won national attention and the promise of likely election to the U.S. Senate, but an unexpected campaign twist augured a new course. This book frames Mosk's Supreme Court years and the landmark cases in which his opinions or biting dissents continue to resonate.
Author: Kathleen A. Cairns Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803255756 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 346
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"This biography of Rose Elizabeth Bird is an overdue look at California's first female supreme court chief justice, against the backdrop of California's political and cultural climate in the 1970s and 1980s"--
Author: Richard Neely Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300029802 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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Law and Political Science. A witty defense of judicial activism.--National Review. Must reading for any student of government.--Washington Monthly
Author: the late Bernard Schwartz Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199840555 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 477
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When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped down as Associate Justice to become a state judge in South Carolina; John Jay resigned as Chief Justice to run for Governor of New York; and Alexander Hamilton declined to replace Jay, pursuing a private law practice instead. As Bernard Schwartz shows in this landmark history, the Supreme Court has indeed travelled a long and interesting journey to its current preeminent place in American life. In A History of the Supreme Court, Schwartz provides the finest, most comprehensive one-volume narrative ever published of our highest court. With impeccable scholarship and a clear, engaging style, he tells the story of the justices and their jurisprudence--and the influence the Court has had on American politics and society. With a keen ability to explain complex legal issues for the nonspecialist, he takes us through both the great and the undistinguished Courts of our nation's history. He provides insight into our foremost justices, such as John Marshall (who established judicial review in Marbury v. Madison, an outstanding display of political calculation as well as fine jurisprudence), Roger Taney (whose legacy has been overshadowed by Dred Scott v. Sanford), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and others. He draws on evidence such as personal letters and interviews to show how the court has worked, weaving narrative details into deft discussions of the developments in constitutional law. Schwartz also examines the operations of the court: until 1935, it met in a small room under the Senate--so cramped that the judges had to put on their robes in full view of the spectators. But when the new building was finally opened, one justice called it "almost bombastically pretentious," and another asked, "What are we supposed to do, ride in on nine elephants?" He includes fascinating asides, on the debate in the first Court, for instance, over the use of English-style wigs and gowns (the decision: gowns, no wigs); and on the day Oliver Wendell Holmes announced his resignation--the same day that Earl Warren, as a California District Attorney, argued his first case before the Court. The author brings the story right up to the present day, offering balanced analyses of the pivotal Warren Court and the Rehnquist Court through 1992 (including, of course, the arrival of Clarence Thomas). In addition, he includes four special chapters on watershed cases: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lochner v. New York, Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade. Schwartz not only analyzes the impact of each of these epoch-making cases, he takes us behind the scenes, drawing on all available evidence to show how the justices debated the cases and how they settled on their opinions. Bernard Schwartz is one of the most highly regarded scholars of the Supreme Court, author of dozens of books on the law, and winner of the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. In this remarkable account, he provides the definitive one-volume account of our nation's highest court.
Author: Bernard Schwartz Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195118006 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 290
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Discusses the Supreme Court's decision making process, based on documentary sources and interviews with justices and law clerks. Provides insight into some of the most important cases to come before the court and includes portraits of many of the justices in action.
Author: Frank R. Pierson Publisher: ISBN: 9781931290043 Category : California Languages : en Pages : 0
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A Nation Lost and Found provides an extraordinary look at the moving personal stories of people who lived through the turbulent mid-1930's -- a period in which the spirit of the individual, and the collective spirit of a nation, were awakened.The voices, experiences and remembrances in this unique compilation echo the patriotic fervor, the expressions of hope, the forecasts of doom, the crows of triumph and the cries of despair that have also resonated since 9/11 and send a message that we have passed this way before.What emerges is a kaleidoscopic picture of both the pain and joy of an era that also holds a powerful message for today's uncertain world.
Author: Jacqueline R. Braitman
Author: Jacqueline R. Braitman
Author: Kathleen A. Cairns
Author: Richard Neely
Author: Felix Frankfurter
Author: the late Bernard Schwartz
Author: Bernard Schwartz
Author: Ronald M. George
Author: Harry N. Scheiber
Author: Frank R. Pierson
Author: Bernard Ernest Witkin