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Judge Richard S. Arnold : a legacy of justice on the federal bench / Polly J. Price ; foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Title
- Judge Richard S. Arnold : a legacy of justice on the federal bench / Polly J. Price ; foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- Author
- Price, Polly J.
- Publication
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | KF8745.A76 P75 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 466 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Looks at the life and career of Judge Richard S. Arnold, who was a champion of civil rights and served on the federal court of appeals for the Eighth Circuit from 1990 to 2004.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-451) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Beginning the course of justice -- William Brennan's law clerk -- Law practice -- The political candidate -- Appointment to the US District Court -- Trial judge for civil liberties -- To the court of appeals -- Life and death below the Supreme Court -- Free speech and the First Amendment -- The right of privacy and abortion -- Desegregation in Little Rock -- "The intensely practical nature of the political process" -- Two opportunities for the Supreme Court -- Open courts, public ethics, and private faith.
- ISBN
- 9781591027119 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 159102711X (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008054573
- OCLC
- 262889506
- SCSB-10036916
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library