Pillars of Justice : Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition / Owen Fiss.
2017
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Title
Pillars of Justice : Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition / Owen Fiss.
Imprint
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Description
1 online resource (224 p.) : 13 halftones
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
I. The Struggle for Civil Rights
1. Thurgood Marshall: The Law's Promise
2. William Brennan: A Life Lived Twice
3. John Doar: To Stand for What Is Right
4. Burke Marshall: A Reluctant Hero
II. Legal Education and the Culture of Liberalism
5. Harry Kalven: A Tenth Justice
6. Eugene Rostow: The Law according to Yale
7. Arthur Leff: Making Coffee and Other Duties of Citizenship
9. Joseph Goldstein: The Scholar as Sovereign
III. The Fate of the Law
10. Carlos Nino: The Death of a Public Intellectual
11. Robert Cover: Cases and Materials
12. Morton Horwitz: Timeless Truths
13. Aharon Barak: Law Is Everywhere
Coda
Toiling in Eden
Sources and Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Introduction
I. The Struggle for Civil Rights
1. Thurgood Marshall: The Law's Promise
2. William Brennan: A Life Lived Twice
3. John Doar: To Stand for What Is Right
4. Burke Marshall: A Reluctant Hero
II. Legal Education and the Culture of Liberalism
5. Harry Kalven: A Tenth Justice
6. Eugene Rostow: The Law according to Yale
7. Arthur Leff: Making Coffee and Other Duties of Citizenship
9. Joseph Goldstein: The Scholar as Sovereign
III. The Fate of the Law
10. Carlos Nino: The Death of a Public Intellectual
11. Robert Cover: Cases and Materials
12. Morton Horwitz: Timeless Truths
13. Aharon Barak: Law Is Everywhere
Coda
Toiling in Eden
Sources and Acknowledgments
Index
Summary
The constitutional theorist Owen Fiss explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through a moving account of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century. He tries to identify the unique qualities of mind and character that made these individuals so important to the institutions and principles they served.
Language Note
In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Alternate Title
DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9780674977341
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