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Justice Lewis F. Powell: : A Biography / John Jeffries.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeffries, John, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Powell, Lewis F., Jr., 1907-1998.
- Powell, Lewis F.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (690 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. is an absorbing and readable biography of one of the most important Supreme Court Justices since World War II.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE TO THE 2001 EDITION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE
- PROLOGUE: THE RELUCTANT JUSTICE
- CHAPTER I. EARLY LIFE
- CHAPTER II. YOUNG PROFESSIONAL
- CHAPTER III. WARTIME
- CHAPTER IV. ULTRA SECRET
- CHAPTER V. RISING STAR
- CHAPTER VI. A HARD-LINE MODERATE
- CHAPTER VII. NATIONAL CITIZEN 1955-1971
- CHAPTER VIII. APPOINTMENT
- CHAPTER IX. THE SUPREME COURT
- CHAPTER X. RACE AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- CHAPTER XI. ABORTION
- CHAPTER XII. THE NIXON TAPES CASE
- CHAPTER XIII. CRIME AND DEATH
- CHAPTER XIV. BAKKE AND BEYOND
- CHAPTER XV. CHANGING TIMES
- CHAPTER XVI. A SENSE OF DUTY
- APPENDIX
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-9594-X
- OCLC:
- 1322125269
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