Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior

by Howard Ball

Book Overview

During his thirty-four year tenure as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Hugo L. Black demonstrated, in the words of one of his colleagues, "a true passion for the Constitution." At a moment's notice, in front of visiting students or a clutch of legal dignitaries, the Judge would whip his tattered copy of the Constitution from his coat pocket, flip through it to a particular passage and then, in a high voice, read the passage con vivace. And though Black...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195078144
• ISBN13: 9780195078145
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"