The Case of Rose Bird : Gender, Politics, and the California Courts /

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"This biography of Rose Elizabeth Bird is an overdue look at California's first female supreme court chief justice, against the backdrop of California's political and cultural climate in the 1970s and 1980s"--

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lincoln, Nebraska : Bison Books, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Bird, Rose Elizabeth.
California. > Supreme Court.
Judges.
Political questions and judicial power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Californie.
Political questions and judicial power > California.
Judges > California > Biography.
California.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The First Woman; 2. A Woman in Charge; 3. The Most Innovative Judiciary; 4. Becoming Chief Justice; 5. Hail to the Chief; 6. Disorder in the Court; 7. The Politics of Death; 8. Big Business v. Rose Bird; 9. The People v. Rose Bird; 10. High Courts and Political Footballs; 11. Paying for Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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