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Counsel for the situation : shaping the law to realize America's promise / William T. Coleman, Jr. ; with Donald T. Bliss.
Van Pelt Library KF373.C625 A3 2010
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LIBRA KF373.C625 A3 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, William T. (William Thaddeus), 1920-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coleman, William T. (William Thaddeus), 1920-2017.
- Coleman, William T.
- Lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- United States.
- United States--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815704881
- 0815704887
- OCLC:
- 635492451
- Publisher Number:
- 99940835720
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