Hugo L. Black : cold steel warrior / Howard Ball.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Howard, 1937- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971.

Black, Hugo LaFayette.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, Howard Ball explores Hugo Black's development from his childhood days growing up in Alabama to his 34 years on the United States Supreme Court. Ball illustrates who and what shaped this controversial judge to become known as one of the ""ten greatest"" US Supreme Court justices of American history.

Contents:

Contents; Chronology; Introduction; One: Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior; Two: Alabama Roots; Three: The Birmingham Years; Four: Senator from Alabama; Five: ""I Nominate Hugo L. Black of Alabama""; Six: The Supreme Court Justice from Alabama: The Role and Functions of the U.S. Supreme Court; Seven: Friends, Enemies, and Legal ""Children""; Eight: Commitment to ""Our Federalism"" and to the Primacy of Freedom of Expression; Nine: Fourteenth Amendment Battles: Incorporation, Due Process, Equal Protection, and ""New Rights""; Ten: The Enduring Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Cases Cited; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-293) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771933-3

1-280-44311-1

1-4237-3678-8

0-19-536018-4

1-60129-900-1

OCLC:

559911244