Abe Fortas by Laura Kalman
Abe Fortas was a New Dealer, a sub-cabinet official, the founder of an eminent Washington law firm, a close adviser to Lyndon Johnson, and a Supreme Court justice. Nominated by Johnson to be Chief Justice, he was rejected by Congress and resigned from the Court early in the Nixon administration under a cloud of impending scandal. This book tells his dramatic story. Drawing on Fortas' previously unavailable personal papers, on archives, and on interviews with his family and associates. Laura Kalman, a historian and lawyer, illuminates Fortas' evolution from New Dealer to Washington lawyer to Great Society liberal, and in so doing also provides a view of American liberalism from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Kalman, Laura: - Laura Kalman is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is author of three books, including Legal Realism at Yale, 1927-1960; The Strange Career of Legal Liberalism; and Abe Fortas: A Biography.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300046694 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300046693 |
| Title | Abe Fortas |
| Author | Laura Kalman |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 1990-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 514 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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