Pillars of justice : lawyers and the liberal tradition /

Pillars of Justice explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. Some, such as Thurgood Marshall, were Supreme Court Justices. Others, like John Doar and Burke Marshall, set the civil rig...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fiss, Owen M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Judges > United States.
Lawyers > United States.
Law teachers > United States.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Liberalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
Juges > États-Unis.
Avocats > États-Unis.
Professeurs de droit > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Libéralisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
LAW > Legal History.
Civil rights
Judges
Law teachers
Lawyers
Liberalism
Segregation in education > Law and legislation
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Thurgood Marshall : the law's promise
  • William Brennan : a life lived twice
  • John Doar : to stand for what is right
  • Burke Marshall : a reluctant hero
  • Harry Kalven : a tenth justice
  • Eugene Rostow : the law according to Yale
  • Arthur Leff : making coffee and other duties of citizenship
  • Catharine MacKinnon : feminism in the classroom
  • Joseph Goldstein : the scholar as sovereign
  • Carlos Nino : the death of a public intellectual
  • Robert Cover : cases and materials
  • Morton Horwitz : timeless truths
  • Aharon Barak : law is everywhere
  • Coda : toiling in Eden.

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