Without Precedent : The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp /

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The first woman judge in the state of North Carolina and the first woman in the United States to be elected chief justice of a state supreme court, Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) broke new ground for women in the legal profession. When she retired in 1979, she left a legacy burnished by her tirele...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayes, Anna R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sharp, Susie, > 1907-1996.
Women judges.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Femmes juges > Caroline du Nord > Biographies.
Women judges > North Carolina > Biography.
North Carolina.
Biographies.
Biographies
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Family
  • Formative years
  • University of North Carolina School of Law
  • False start
  • Sharp & Sharp
  • Politics and public life
  • Appointment to Superior Court
  • Judge Sharp, presiding
  • Ambition
  • Theory and practice
  • The road to the Supreme Court
  • Taking the veil
  • Opinions
  • Federal job proposals
  • Out of court
  • Chief justice election
  • Chief justice
  • Equal rights amendment
  • Stepping off the stage.

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