Judicial Enigma: The First Justice Harlan

by Tinsley E. Yarbrough

In the decades that followed Reconstruction, the Supreme Court struck down civil rights legislation, validated Jim Crow laws, and stopped the government from regulating big business in almost any form. One justice, however, stood against the conservative trend: John Marshall Harlan. His advocacy of a color-blind Constitution in his powerful dissents established a rich legacy that was validated decades later by the Warren Court. But behind the legal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195074645
• ISBN13: 9780195074642
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"