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- Publication Name
- University of Chicago Press
- ISBN
- 9780226502434
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226502430
ISBN-13
9780226502434
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1857038
Product Key Features
Book Title
Illinois Justice : the Scandal of 1969 and the Rise of John Paul Stevens
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Corruption & Misconduct, Lawyers & Judges, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Legal History, American Government / State
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
46.2 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2001-000378
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
If you enjoy reading about how law is practiced--by the very best when the stakes are high and the shot clock is about to run--this book has it., What could have been a depressing tale of tawdry wheeling and dealing among Chicago's lawyers and judges is, in truth, an inspiring tale of how lawyers can make things right by upholding the highest standards of the profession., A masterful and sensitive analysis of the events of the summer of 1969 [that] will almost certainly be the final, authoritative word on the scandal and investigation that brought down two respected state supreme court justices and led John Paul Stevens to a seat on the nation's high court.
Dewey Decimal
345.773/0234
Table Of Content
Foreword, by John Paul Stevens Preface Accusation: The First Half of June 1. A Citizen's Suspicions 2. Alarm Bells in the Newsrooms 3. Uproar in Springfield 4. A Special Commission 5. The Case Against Isaacs Investigation: Mid-June to Mid-July 6. Stevens and His Team 7. Limiting the Questions 8. The Chief Justice's Stock 9. Starting the Search 10. Building the Answers 11. Blind Alleys and Roadblocks Trial: The Second Half of July 12. The Trial Begins 13. Secrets in the Bank 14. Challenging Witnesses 15. A Justice's Deals 16. The Gift 17. Intermission and Jail 18. After the Landing 19. Alibis 20. Testing the Stories 21. Summing Up 22. Meeting the Deadline Impact: August and Beyond 23. A Sad Affair 24. Loose Ends 25. Legacies and Echoes 26. Stevens to the Bench 27. Integrity of the Judgments Notes Sources Acknowledgments Index
Synopsis
Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice , Kenneth Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only ended an Illinois Supreme Court justice's aspirations to the US Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning of little-known lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court. In 1969, citizen gadfly Sherman Skolnick accused two Illinois Supreme Court justices of accepting valuable bank stock from an influential Chicago lawyer in exchange for deciding an important case in the lawyer's favor. The resulting feverish media coverage prompted the state supreme court to appoint a special commission to investigate. Within six weeks and on a shoestring budget, the commission mobilized a small volunteer staff to reveal the facts. Stevens, then a relatively unknown Chicago lawyer, served as chief counsel. His work on this investigation would launch him into the public spotlight and onto the bench. Manaster, who served on the commission, tells the real story of the investigation, detailing the dead ends, tactics, and triumphs. Manaster expertly traces Stevens's masterful courtroom strategies and vividly portrays the high-profile personalities involved, as well as the subtleties of judicial corruption. A reflective foreword by Justice Stevens himself looks back at the case and how it influenced his career. Now the subject of the documentary Unexpected Justice: The Rise of John Paul Stevens , Manaster's book is both a fascinating chapter of political history and a revealing portrait of the early career of a Supreme Court justice.
LC Classification Number
KFI1725.5.D5M36 2001
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