Private Pressure on Public Law: Legal Career of Justice Thurgood Marshall (Kennikat Press National University Publications. Series in American) - Hardcover

Bland, Randall W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804690359 ISBN 13: 9780804690355

Publisher: Kennikat Press, 1973

Synopsis

This study traces the legal career, activities, and views of Thurgood Marshall before and after his ascendancy to the Supreme Court of the United States. Its aim is to demonstrate that Marshall utilized the established legal institutions of the United States to obtain equality under the law for his fellow African Americans. Further, it shows that by adhering to this relatively conservative strategy, he not only assisted in ameliorating the political and social condition of blacks but contributed greatly to the enhancement of the civil rights of all Americans. Reprinted from the 1973 edition by Kennikat Press.

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Review

Bland does an excellent job of charting the course of Marshall's legal writing.--David M. O'Brien, University of Virginia; author of Constitutional Law and Politics "North Carolina Historical Review "

An outstanding, well written, scholarly review. Students of history, law, and political science will find Professor Bland's book most interesting.--David M. O'Brien, University of Virginia; author of Constitutional Law and Politics

About the Author

Randall W. Bland is Professor of Political Science at Southwest Texas State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kennikat Press
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804690359
• ISBN 13: 9780804690355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206