Counsel for the Situation : : Shaping the law to Realize America's Promise
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Mr. Coleman goes to Washington -- Roots -- Making jewels out of rough diamonds -- Home sweet home -- School days -- Sibling rivalries -- College years -- Harvard law school -- War -- After the war -- Clerking for the good judge -- Justice frankfurter -- Life at the court and in the nation's capitol -- From the ivory tower to the working world -- American history in black and white -- Chipping away at Plessy -- The Brown team -- The city of brotherly love -- Expert in relevance -- The tipping point -- Reargument, December 7, 1953 -- With all deliberate speed -- Enforcing the court's order -- A lawyer's public service obligation -- Managing the Dilworth litigation department -- The Girard college case -- The legacy of Houston-Hastie-Marshall -- The Nixon years -- Change in course -- Cabinet-style government -- Getting to know the department of transportation -- Making transportation policy -- The decisionmaking process -- A time of transition -- The sun also rises in the East -- Building the Washington practice -- The Bob Jones case -- Supreme Court practice -- The Robert Bork hearings -- Is race still relevant? -- Opportunities for public service and private growth -- Reflecting on Republicans and race -- Counsel for the situation.
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PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 466 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780815704881 (hardback : alk. paper)
0815704887 (hardback : alk. paper)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bliss, Donald T.
SUBJECTS
Lawyers -- Biography.
United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.