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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968027903321

Autore

Compston Christine L

Titolo

Earl Warren : justice for all

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-280-60316-X

1-4237-7464-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 pages)

Collana

Oxford portraits Earl Warren

Disciplina

347.73/2634

Soggetti

Judges - United States

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - U.S. - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES -- 2 THE NATION'S BEST DISTRICT ATTORNEY -- Lessons from History: The San Francisco Graft Prosecution -- 3 WARTIME DECISIONS -- 4 GOVERNING CALIFORNIA: "FIRST THINGS FIRST" -- Warren on Lincoln -- 5 CLOSING THE DEAL: EARL WARREN BECOMES CHIEF JUSTICE -- 6 "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW": BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION -- 7 "RED MONDAY" -- McCarthyism and the Threat to Free Speech -- An Executive Apology -- 8 IS ALL SPEECH "FREE"? -- 9 INVESTIGATING JOHN F. KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION -- Public Recognition -- 10 ONE MAN, ONE VOTE -- 11 THE ROAD TO MIRANDA -- The Miranda Principles -- 12 POLITICAL QUAGMIRES -- Earl Warren Resigns -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- 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

Examines the life of the influential Supreme Court justice who made decisions that were politically unpopular during such notable twentieth-century events as World War II and the civil rights movement.