Jacqueline R. Braitman, Gerald F. Uelmen

Justice Stanley Mosk

A Life at the Center of California Politics and Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first biography of Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), iconic protector of civil rights and civil liberties during his 37 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of California (1964 to 2001). He had quickly risen as a well liked leader among Los Angeles reformers, as executive secretary to California governor Culbert Olson and then 16 years as a superior court judge. His 1958 election and service as state attorney general soon won national attention and the promise of likely election to the U.S. Senate, but an unexpected campaign twist augured a new course. This book frames Mosk's Supreme Court years and the landmark cases in which his opinions or biting dissents continue to resonate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780786468416
• ISBN-10: 0786468416
• Artikelnr.: 35941722

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline R. Braitman, formerly with the department of history and The Center for the Study of Woman at the University of California, Los Angeles, has published widely on partisan women and has served as the assistant executive director of the California Supreme Court Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments     
Introduction     
1. "Walk Upstairs and Save"     
2. "What This Fraternity Needs Is More Moreys!"     
3. Lawyers "Who Should Be Thrown Out of Ten Story Windows"     
4. "When the Plums Are Passed Out ... You Will Be Left Behind Again"     
5. "I Crowded the War Off Page One"     
6. "The Jewish Community Found a Leader"     
7. "Use Their Heads Instead of Their Hob-Nailed Boots"     
8. "Little Old Ladies in Tennis Shoes"     
9. "A Great Democratic Rain"     
10. "To Embarrass Them or Pressure Them Sometime in the Future"     
11. "He Never Forgot What His Positions Were"     
12. "The Mosk Doctrine"     
13. "The Melancholy Truth"     
14. "You Don't Have to Remove Your Shoes Before Stepping All Over Stanley
Mosk"     
15. "But I Blame Jerry Brown for Putting You Here"     
16. "You Have Remarkable Sources!"     
17. "I Am Now an Orphan"     
18. "I Have Never Known Defeat at the Polls"     
19. "They Have Exalted Principal Over Principle"     
20. "Where Has All the Grandeur Gone?"     
Epilogue     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index of Cases     
General Index