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Abe Fortas : a biography
- Title
- Abe Fortas : a biography / Laura Kalman.
- Author
- Kalman, Laura, 1955-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 499 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-486) and index.
- Awards (note)
- American Historical Association Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society, 1991.
- Contents
- Outsider -- "The greatest law firm in the country" -- Professor and inquisitor -- THe lawyer as Bureaucrat -- Under secretary -- From public service to the private sector, I -- Cold War distractions -- the Washington lawyer -- The actor -- The adviser, I -- New roles -- The lawyer as justice -- Revolution -- The adviser, II -- On the defensive -- From public service to the private sector, II -- "Suddenly, everything seems old-fashioned."
- Call Number
- JBE 90-2023
- ISBN
- 0300046693 (alk. paper)
- 0300052588 (pbk.)
- 9780300052589 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 90031482
- OCLC
- 21118762
- Author
- Kalman, Laura, 1955-
- Title
- Abe Fortas : a biography / Laura Kalman.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-486) and index.
- Awards
- American Historical Association Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society, 1991.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 90-2023