Failing justice : Charles Evans Whittaker on the Supreme Court /
"This book is a reconsideration of Justice Whittaker, with the twin goals of giving him his due and correcting past misrepresentations of the man and his career. Based on primary sources and information from the Whittaker family, it demonstrates that Whittaker's life record is definitely n...
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
c2005
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003 | OCoLC | ||
005 | 20050802025839.0 | ||
008 | 050504s2005 ncua b 001 0beng | ||
010 | |a 2005012769 | ||
020 | |a 0786421975 (softcover : alk. paper) | ||
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050 | 0 | 0 | |a KF8745.W53 |b .S63 2005 |
100 | 1 | |a Smith, Craig Alan, |d 1964- | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Failing justice : |b Charles Evans Whittaker on the Supreme Court / |c Craig Alan Smith |
260 | |a Jefferson, N.C. : |b McFarland & Co., |c c2005 | ||
300 | |a viii, 351 p. : |b ill. ; |c 23 cm | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and indexes | ||
505 | 0 | |a Leaving the farm -- Thirty years at the bar -- The lower courts -- Arriving at the Supreme Court -- Finding a higher law -- Failing justice -- Speaking out | |
520 | |a "This book is a reconsideration of Justice Whittaker, with the twin goals of giving him his due and correcting past misrepresentations of the man and his career. Based on primary sources and information from the Whittaker family, it demonstrates that Whittaker's life record is definitely not one of inadequacy or failure, but rather one of illness and difficulty"--Provided by publisher | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Whittaker, Charles Evans, |d 1901-1973 |
610 | 1 | 0 | |a United States. |b Supreme Court |v Biography |
650 | 0 | |a Judges |z United States |v Biography | |
907 | |a .b185575x | ||
998 | |a third | ||
999 | |c 71560 | ||
852 | |a Law Library |b Third Floor |h KF8745.W53 .S63 2005 |p 33940003058417 |