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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816000703321

Autore

Yarbrough Tinsley E. <1941->

Titolo

John Marshall Harlan : great dissenter of the Warren Court / / Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-19-771963-5

1-280-52428-6

0-19-536297-7

1-4294-0739-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

347.3073534

347.732634

347.732634B347.3073534B

Soggetti

Judges - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Buckner's ""Boy Scout""; 2. Lawyer's Lawyer; 3. The Appointments; 4. The Justice and Company; 5. The Early Battles; 6. The First Freedoms; 7. The Second Reconstruction; 8. Incorporation and Beyond; 9. Final Struggles; Epilogue: Judge's Judge; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

A biography of an American jurist who served on the US Supreme Court from 1955 until his retirement in 1971. The study provides an analysis of Harlan's judicial and constitutional philosophy.