| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971.
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Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971. |
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ball, Howard, 1937- Hugo L. Black. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996 (DLC) 95014107 |
| ISBN |
1601299001 |
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9781601299000 |
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9780195078145 (acid-free paper) |
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0195078144 (acid-free paper) |
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1423736788 (electronic book) |
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9781423736783 (electronic book) |
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1280443111 |
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9781280443114 |
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0195078144 (acid-free paper) |
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