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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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United States of America V. Parks
Author: United States of America V. Parks
Author: Brown v. Board of Education
Author: James T. PattersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199880840
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?
Judicial Control of Administrative Action
Author: Louis Leventhal JaffePublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Collection of articles on legal aspects and control of the administration of justice in the USA and examination of major aspects of the relationship between agencies of economic administration and other forms of public administration and courts of law - includes relevant jurisprudence.
A People's History of the Supreme Court
Author: Peter IronsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101503130
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court featuring a forward by Howard Zinn Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this comprehensive and engaging work as timely as ever. In the tradition of Howard Zinn's classic A People's History of the United States, Peter Irons chronicles the decisions that have influenced virtually every aspect of our society, from the debates over judicial power to controversial rulings in the past regarding slavery, racial segregation, and abortion, as well as more current cases about school prayer, the Bush/Gore election results, and "enemy combatants." To understand key issues facing the supreme court and the current battle for the court's ideological makeup, there is no better guide than Peter Irons. This revised and updated edition includes a foreword by Howard Zinn. "A sophisticated narrative history of the Supreme Court . . . [Irons] breathes abundant life into old documents and reminds readers that today's fiercest arguments about rights are the continuation of the endless American conversation." -Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
Digest of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States Reported in Vols. 1-36 Supreme Court Reporter, Vols. 106-241 United States Reports, Vols. 27-60 Lawyer's Edition, United States Reports, 1882-1916, with a Table of Cases Digested
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Three Human Rights in the Constitution of 1787
Author: Zechariah Chafee (Jr.)Publisher:
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Category : Attainder
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
United States Supreme Court Reports
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose.
Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trade-mark and Copyright Cases
Author: United States. Patent OfficePublisher:
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
"Compiled from Official gazette. Beginning with 1876, the volumes have included also decisions of United States courts, decisions of Secretary of Interior, opinions of Attorney-General, and important decisions of state courts in relation to patents, trade-marks, etc. 1869-94, not in Congressional set." Checklist of U. S. public documents, 1789-1909, p. 530.
Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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