In Earl Warren, Christine Compston examines how a man with little judicial experience became one of the greatest Supreme Court chief justices in the history of the United States. A natural leader, Warren rose from a working-class childhood to become governor of California before he was appointed to the Supreme Court. Warren had the courage to make decisions that were politically unpopular yet constitutionally sound and morally right, such as his first major opinion Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated schools. By examining the life of this extraordinary judge, Earl Warren illuminates, with black-and-white photos and illustrations throughout, the struggles behind some of the most profound events of the 20th century, including World War II and the Japanese internment, the civil rights movement, the criminal protection revolution (i.e. Miranda V. Arizona), and the investigation of President Kennedy's assassination.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780195130010
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-19-513001-0
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2001
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2001
- Serie: Oxford Portraits
- Produktform: Gebunden, Print PDF
- Gewicht: 416 g
- Seiten: 160
- Format (B x H x T): 175 x 247 x 14 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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