Praise for In Chambers:
‘This new collection of essays, including some by former clerks, takes readers inside justices’ chambers for a look at clerkship life…. [T]he best parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of life at the court.’— Associated Press
‘An excellent book… It’s interesting for many different reasons, not the least of which as a reminder of how much of a bastion of elitism the Court has always been.’— Atlantic Monthly
In his earlier books, In Chambers and Of Courtiers and Kings, Todd C. Peppers provided an insider’s view of the Supreme Court from the perspective of the clerks who worked closely with some of its most important justices. With Of Courtiers and Princes, he concludes the trilogy by examining the understudied yet equally fascinating role of lower court clerks—encompassing pioneering women and minorities.
Drawing on contributions from former law clerks and judicial scholars—including an essay by Ruth Bader Ginsburg—the book provides an inside look at the professional and personal bonds that form between lower court judges and their clerks. While the individual essays often focus on a single judge and his or her corps of law clerks, including their selection process, contributions, and even influence, the book as a whole provides a macro-level view of the law clerk’s role in the rapidly changing world of lower federal and state courts, thereby offering an unusual yet crucial perspective on the inner workings of our judicial system.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Foreword
Preface
1. Clerking for Roger J. Traynor
2. Juanita Kidd Stout: Personal Reflections on a Woman of Firsts
3. Clerking for North Carolina’s First Lady of the Law: North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Susie Marshall Sharp
4. California’s Technicolor Clerkship: Rose Bird and Her Clerks
5. Hans Linde: And So He Stands among the Last of the Great State Judges
6. ‘Lawyer Heaven’: Clerking for Judith S. Kaye
7. Clerking for the Honorable Burnita Shelton Matthews: A Southern Gentle Woman
8. Edward Weinfeld: Steadfastly Principled Judge and Warmhearted Teacher
9. Remembrance of Judge Edmund L. Palmieri
10. John H. Wood Jr.: Mentor, Friend, and Hero
11. Learning to Be a Lawyer for Justice: An East Texas Clerkship
12. Eugene H. Nickerson: A Tribute
13. A Life of Legal Firsts
14. Clerking for Judge Elbert Tuttle: A Privileged Witness
15. Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. and His Extended Law Clerk Family: Reminiscences on Working for a Living Profile in Courage
16. John Minor Wisdom: Un Petit Hommage
17. Clerking for a Giant: Henry Friendly and His Law Clerks
18. The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
19. Creating a Family of Social Justice Advocates: Our Transformative Year as Keith Law Clerks
20. A Job for a Year, an Example for a Lifetime: Clerking for Judge Jane Richards Roth
Notes on Contributors
Index
Sobre o autor
Todd C. Peppers, Henry H. and Trudye H. Fowler Professor of Public Affairs at Roanoke College and Visiting Professor of Law at Washington and Lee School of Law, is the coauthor of A Courageous Fool: Marie Deans and Her Fight against the Death Penalty, among other books.
Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor
12.669 Ebooks nesta categoria
