Search Results - Civilization

Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom / by Friedman, Joel Wm. (Joel William), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…A privileged son of the South -- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946 -- At the bar, 1948-1953 -- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana -- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana -- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation -- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966 -- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett -- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana -- Implementing Brown throughout the nation -- Internal discord threatens the court -- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases -- A vigilant steward of fairness -- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment -- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit -- Honoring the legacy.…”
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Making civil rights law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961 / by Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

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Judges and judging in the history of the common law and civil law from antiquity to modern times /

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The judge the life & opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, jr. / by Sikora, Frank, 1936-

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A passion for justice J. Waties Waring and civil rights / by Yarbrough, Tinsley E., 1941-

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Elbert Parr Tuttle chief jurist of the Civil Rights revolution / by Emanuel, Anne (Anne S.), 1945-

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A rift in the clouds race and the southern federal judiciary, 1900-1910 / by Aucoin, Brent J. (Brent Jude)

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Making constitutional law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 / by Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

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Exporting American dreams Thurgood Marshall's African journey / by Dudziak, Mary L., 1956-

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Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in theory and in practice : : a comparative study in common law and civil law countries. / by Amro, Ihab

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Criminal procedure and the Supreme Court a guide to the major decisions on search and seizure, privacy, and individual rights /

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Lincoln's forgotten ally Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky / by Leonard, Elizabeth D.

“…Civil War America.…”
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The most democratic branch how the courts serve America / by Rosen, Jeffrey, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…The most democratic branch -- Cautionary tales -- Race -- Love and death -- Politics -- Civil liberties -- Constitutional futurology, or what are courts good for?…”
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Patriots and cosmopolitans hidden histories of American law / by Witt, John Fabian

Table of Contents: “…The pyramid and the machine : founding visions in the life of James Wilson -- Elias Hill's exodus : exit and voice in the Reconstruction nation -- Internationalists in the nation-state : Crystal Eastman and the puzzle of American civil liberties -- The king and the dean : Melvin Belli, Roscoe Pound, and the common-law nation.…”
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Crusader for justice : federal judge Damon J. Keith / by Hammer, Peter J.

Table of Contents: “…Keith -- College life: West Virginia State College -- "The finest man I've ever known" -- 1943: war in the streets/war overseas -- Howard University School of Law: the West Point of civil rights -- Leaping the bar -- Rachel -- Taking a chance: life as a young lawyer -- A room on the second floor: rebuilding Detroit's NAACP -- "Get out on your own": how Damon Keith became his own start-up -- A leader emerges: from Jack Kennedy to Willie Horton -- Detroit 1967: the fire this time -- Approaching the bench: the long and winding politics of becoming a judge -- Into the maelstrom: busing in Pontiac -- Housing in Hamtramck and discrimination at Detroit Edison -- Taking on the Nixon White House: the Keith case -- Affirmative action in the Detroit Police Department -- "Tell him Thurgood's on the line" -- "Here, boy, park this car" -- Strange bedfellows: Damon Keith and Clarence Thomas -- Swimming upstream: ideological and political shifts in the courts -- "Democracies die behind closed doors" -- The Keith law clerk family -- Friends along the way: from Rosa to Russia -- "I don't work on your plantation!"…”
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