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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kemerer, Frank R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 22.
Subjects:
Justice, William Wayne, > 1920-2009.
Justice, William Wayne, > 1920-2009
Judges > Texas > Biography.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Political questions and judicial power > Texas.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Texas.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges
Judges
Political questions and judicial power
Texas
United States
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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