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(Signed) Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark ~ A Life of Service by Mimi Gronlund
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Signed
- Yes
- Personalized
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780292719903
- Signed By
- Gronlund, Mimi Clark
- Vintage
- No
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292719906
ISBN-13
9780292719903
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72948001
Product Key Features
Book Title
Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark : Alife of Service
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
American Government / Judicial Branch, Lawyers & Judges
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Texas Legal Studies Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.3 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-013811
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
347.73/2634 B
Table Of Content
Foreword by Ramsey Clark Preface Acknowledgments Prologue Part One. The Early Years, 1899-1936 Chapter 1. Early Influences Chapter 2. Emerging into Manhood Chapter 3. Forging the Steel Chapter 4. Turning Points Part Two. The Department of Justice Years, 1937-1949 Chapter 5. Some Disruptive Years Chapter 6. His Greatest Mistake Chapter 7. Beyond the Goal Chapter 8. The President's Lawyer Chapter 9. Juvenile Delinquency and the Freedom Train Chapter 10. Civil Rights: Opening a New Era Chapter 11. Cold War Fever: National Security versus Individual Freedom Chapter 12. The 1948 Presidential Election Part Three. The Supreme Court Years, 1949-1967 Chapter 13. A Controversial Appointment Chapter 14. A Period of Adjustment Chapter 15. Investigation Mania Chapter 16. A Delicate Balance Chapter 17. The Brown Decision and Civil Rights Chapter 18. Some Troublesome Issues Chapter 19. He Made a Difference Chapter 20. An Ending and a Beginning Part Four. Retirement, 1967-1977 Chapter 21. The Great Adventure Chapter 22. The Federal Judicial Center Chapter 23. Riding the Circuits, Championing Reforms Chapter 24. Some Personal Observations Chapter 25. A Life Well Lived Epilogue Appendix: Law Clerks of Justice Clark Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice throughout his long legal career. Among many tributes Clark received, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger opined that "no man in the past thirty years has contributed more to the improvement of justice than Tom Clark." Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark is the first biography of this important American jurist. Written by his daughter, Mimi Clark Gronlund, and based on interviews with many of Clark's judicial associates, friends, and family, as well as archival research, it offers a well-rounded portrait of a lawyer and judge who dealt with issues that remain in contention today--civil rights, the rights of the accused, school prayer, and censorship/pornography, among them. Gronlund explores the factors in her father's upbringing and education that helped form his judicial philosophy, then describes how that philosophy shaped his decisions on key issues and cases, including the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the investigation of war fraud, the Truman administration's loyalty program (an anti-communist effort), the Brown decision, Mapp v. Ohio (protections against unreasonable search and seizure), and Abington v. Schempp (which overturned a state law that required reading from the Bible each day in public schools)., This biography of the former Attorney General of the United States (1945-1949) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949-1967) provides important insights into the workings of the Supreme Court and the justices who served on it during arguably
LC Classification Number
KF8745.C54G76 2010
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