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William Wayne Justice : a judicial biography /

This exhaustive, compelling account assesses the life of one of the most important judges ever to sit on a federal district court bench. Kemerer (The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law), a professor at North Texas State University, writes of how Justice's father, a Texas Depression-era l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kemerer, Frank R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The early years
  • Political activity: outside the mainstream
  • U.S. attorney: the road to the bench
  • Life as a judge
  • Statewide school desegregation
  • Juvenile rights in Texas reform schools
  • The First Amendment
  • Voter discrimination
  • The education of undocumented alien children
  • Bilingual education
  • Rights of the accused
  • Employment
  • Care of mentally retarded persons
  • Desegregating public housing
  • Prison reform
  • A measure of human dignity.