Salt of the earth, conscience of the court : the story of Justice Wiley Rutledge /

The Kentucky-born son of a Baptist preacher, Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949) became one of the Court's leading liberal activists and a supporter of racial equality, free speech, and church-state separation. Drawing on over 160 interviews, John M. Ferren provides a valuable anal...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferren, John M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
Colección:Legal classics library.
UNC Press law publications.
Temas:
Rutledge, Wiley, > Jr., > 1894-1949.
Rutledge, Wiley, > 1894-1949.
Rutledge, Wiley, > Jr., > 1894-1949
Rutledge, Wiley.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Biographies.
United States. > Supreme Court
USA > Supreme Court
Judges > United States > Biography.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
LAW > Government > Federal.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
Judges
United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kentucky and Tennessee
  • Wisconsin, Indiana, North Carolina, New Mexico
  • Colorado
  • St. Louis : high standards and a "big heart"
  • St. Louis : a public liberal
  • Legal philosophy
  • Iowa City : innovation and influence
  • Iowa City : support for minorities, legal aid, and court-packing
  • Roosevelt's first court vacancies : Van Devanter, Sutherland, Cardozo
  • The Brandeis vacancy
  • Court of Appeals years : adjustment and impending World War
  • Court of Appeals years : judicial approach and outside interests
  • The Byrnes vacancy
  • The new justice
  • Denaturalized citizenship, West Coast curfew, and Japanese-American internment
  • First Amendment freedoms
  • Acrimony in the court
  • The Selective Service, price control, and agency review
  • War crimes and military commissions
  • A new chief, Jackson's blast from Nuremberg, and the striking mine workers
  • A more seasoned justice, sharp divides over criminal procedure
  • State courts, the Bill of Rights, and access to federal courts
  • The commerce clause and equal protection
  • The Justice's world view
  • Last term
  • Last days : the man and the Justice remembered.

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