The Warren court [[electronic resource] ] : a retrospective / / edited by Bernard Schwartz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451290203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
• ISBN: 1-280-76091-5; 0-19-535584-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SchwartzBernard <1923-1997.>
• Disciplina: 347.73/26 347.30735; 347.7326347.30735
• Soggetti: Appellate courts - United States - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented to a Warren Court conference in 1994.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. A Personal Remembrance; 3. Earl Warren and His America; I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CORPUS; II. THE JUSTICES; III. A BROADER PERSPECTIVE
• Sommario/riassunto: A judge-made revolution? The very term seems an oxymoron, yet this is exactly what the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren achieved. In Bernard Schwartzs latest work, based on a conference at the University of Tulsa College of Law, we get the first retrospective on the Warren Court--a detailed analysis of the Courts accomplishments, including original pieces by well-known judges, professors, lawyers, popular writers such as Anthony Lewis, David Halberstam, David J. Garrow, and a rare personal remembrance by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. The Warren Court: A Retrospective begins with