Earl Warren, a public life / / G. Edward White

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820410203321
• Autore: White G. Edward
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1982
• ISBN: 9780199772124; 0199772126
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 429 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 347.73/2634
• Soggetti: Judges - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC OFFICIAL -- 1: Preparation -- 2: Law Enforcement: The District Attorney -- 3: Law Enforcement: The Attorney General -- 4: Governing: Officeholding and Policymaking -- 5: Governing: National Politics and the Supreme Court Nomination -- PART TWO: THE CHIEF JUSTICE: PRESENCE -- 6: The Crucible of Brown v. Board of Education -- 7: Reacting to Felix Frankfurter -- 8: The Warren Commission -- PART THREE: THE CHIEF JUSTICE: JURIST -- 9: Warren's Theory of Judging -- 10: Lessons in Civics -- 11: "A Right to Maintain a Decent Society -- 12: Law Enforcement from the Other Side -- 13: Warren the Economic Theorist: Labor and Anti-Trust -- PART FOUR: THE LEGACY -- 14: The Last Years -- 15: From Progressive to Liberal -- 16: Ethics and Activism -- Appendix: A Bibliography of Warren's Opinions -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: How could the man who presided over so many controversial Supreme Court decisions and led such a notable political career seem to be, and be regarded as, a person of quite modest presence and abilities? White, a former law clerk to Warren, goes back to Warren's roots in Progressivism to demonstrate the underlying consistencies beneath the apparent paradoxes of the man's career.