Counsel for the situation : shaping the law to realize America's promise /
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Brookings Institution Press,
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| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a KF373 .C625 |b .A3 2010 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Coleman, William T. |q (William Thaddeus), |d 1920- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Counsel for the situation : |b shaping the law to realize America's promise / |c William T. Coleman Jr. ; with Donald T. Bliss |
| 260 | |a Washington, D.C. : |b Brookings Institution Press, |c c2010 | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 466 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill., photos ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-396) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Mr. Coleman goes to Washington -- Roots -- Making jewels out of rough diamonds -- Home sweet home -- School days -- Sibling rivalries -- College years -- Harvard law school -- War -- After the war -- Clerking for the good judge -- Justice Frankfurter -- Life at the Supreme Court and in the nation's capitol -- From the ivory tower to the working world -- American history in black and white -- Chipping away at Plessy -- The Brown team -- The city of brotherly love -- Expert in relevance -- The tipping point -- Reargument, December 7, 1953 -- With all deliberate speed -- Enforcing the court's order -- A lawyer's public service obligation -- Managing the Dilworth litigation department -- The Girard College case -- The legacy of Houston-Hastie-Marshall -- The Nixon years -- Change in course -- Cabinet-style government -- Getting to know the Department of Transportation -- Making transportation policy -- The decisionmaking process -- A time of transition -- The sun also rises in the East -- Building the Washington practice -- The Bob Jones case -- Supreme Court practice -- The Robert Bork hearings -- Is race still relevant? -- Opportunities for public service -- Reflecting on Republicans and race -- Counsel for the situation -- Epilogue | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Coleman, William T. |q (William Thaddeus), |d 1920- |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lawyers |z United States |v Biography | |
| 651 | 0 | |a United States |x Officials and employees |v Biography | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bliss, Donald T | |
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