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Defending Constitutional Rights - Frank M. Johnson

Defending Constitutional Rights

(Autor)

Tony Allan Freyer (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2001
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-2285-8 (ISBN)
CHF 69,75 inkl. MwSt
Federal Judge Johnson of Alabama decided many of the important civil rights and liberties cases in 20th century American history. These essays explain and defend a number of his decisions. Also included is a transcript of a television interview in which Johnson personally explains his decisions.
Perceptive writings and opinions of a powerful figure in twentieth-century civil rights legislation Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson of Alabama decided many of the most important civil rights and liberties cases in twentieth-century American history. During the 1950s and sixties, his decisions supported Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights fighters in their struggles for justice and equality. Johnson extended the Constitutional defense of individual rights for women, students, prisoners, mental health patients, poor criminal defendants, and voters during his active judicial career, which lasted until 1991. This collection assembles some of Johnson's most thought-provoking and insightful essays, many published as journal articles that explain and defend a number of his decisions. Also included in this volume is the first published transcript of a 1980 public television interview with Bill Moyers, in which Johnson personally explains his historic decisions. Meticulously detailed and documented, yet accessible to a wide range of readers, this book explores the constitutional ideals that Johnson forged and defended as he persistently overcame public officials' resistance to constitutional rights and social change.

Frank M. Johnson served as a federal district judge in Alabama from 1955 to 1979 and was a federal circuit court judge in Alabama from 1979 to 1991. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. Tony A. Freyer is the University Research Professor of History and Law at the University of Alabama. He is the author of six other books.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.8.2001
Reihe/Serie Studies in the Legal History of the South
Verlagsort Georgia
Sprache englisch
Gewicht 530 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht
ISBN-10 0-8203-2285-7 / 0820322857
ISBN-13 978-0-8203-2285-8 / 9780820322858
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