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Super chief, Earl Warren and his Supreme Court : a judicial biography / by Bernard Schwartz.
- Title
- Super chief, Earl Warren and his Supreme Court : a judicial biography / by Bernard Schwartz.
- Author
- Schwartz, Bernard, 1923-1997
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | KF8745.W3 S37 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 853 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Based on documentary sources such as conference lists, notes and pocket books of the justices, as well as on oral sources such as personal interviews with other justices and former law clerks of the Court, this biography of Justice Warren examines the Warren Court's decisions, its style and its impact on judicial history. ISBN 0-8147-7825-9 (pbk.) : $14.95.
- Alternative Title
- Earl Warren and his Supreme Court
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [831]-833.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The new chief justice -- The Court, the brethren, "and company" -- Warren and the Brown case -- 1953-1954 terms: feeling his way -- 1954-1955 term: moving toward activism -- 1956 term: "B.B.D. and W." -- The elephant and the mouse -- 1957-1958 terms: Little Rock, expatriation et al -- 1959-1960 terms: the shifting balance -- 1960-1961 terms: changing guard and changing law -- 1962 term: a deceptive calm -- 1963 term: days of drums and days of law -- 1964 term: television, civil rights, and privacy -- 1965 terM: Miranda, discrimination, and First Amendment -- 1966 term: Warren and the "new" black -- 1967 term: abortive retirement -- 1968 term: the final term.
- ISBN
- 0814778259 :
- 0814778267 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- ^^^82018868^
- OCLC
- 8866493
- SCSB-10397757
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library