Search Results - "Elections"

The women of CourtWatch reforming a corrupt family court system / by Ford, Carole Bell, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Before CourtWatch : a broken system -- Florence : a woman in two worlds -- Gender bias and the law : the blind maiden -- Ethical dilemmas : practicing family law -- Florence, Melanie, and Diana : "housewives dabbling in politics" -- The election of 1994 : "the babes that slew the goliath" -- Houston : after CourtWatch.…”
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Without precedent the life of Susie Marshall Sharp / by Hayes, Anna R.

Table of Contents: “…Family -- Formative years -- University of North Carolina School of Law -- False start -- Sharp & Sharp -- Politics and public life -- Appointment to Superior Court -- Judge Sharp, presiding -- Ambition -- Theory and practice -- The road to the Supreme Court -- Taking the veil -- Opinions -- Federal job proposals -- Out of court -- Chief justice election -- Chief justice -- Equal rights amendment -- Stepping off the stage.…”
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With all deliberate speed the life of Philip Elman : an oral history memoir / by Silber, Norman Isaac

Table of Contents: “…A very young adult -- Trials at Harvard -- A new clerk, a new judge -- A regulatory interlude -- The towering Justice Frankfurter -- The rift on the Roosevelt court -- The ear and pen of clerks for life -- Redeployment -- Assignment in Germany -- At the office of the Solicitor General -- The gist of the antitrust thrust -- The Solicitor General's office and civil rights -- Unconventional conduct -- The 1960 election -- "Troublemaker" at the Federal Trade Commission -- Reappointment -- The cigarette rule -- Very public acrimony -- Teaching and practice.…”
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