Mr. Justice Black and His Critics

by Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Many jurists give lip service to the idea that judicial interpretation of constitutional provisions should be based on the intent of the framers. Few, if any, have been as faithful to that conception as Hugo Black. As U.S. senator from Alabama, Black was a vigorous critic of the Supreme Court's use of the Constitution as a weapon against the Roosevelt New Deal. Once on the court he played a leading role in overturning those decisions and in attempting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822308665
• ISBN13: 9780822308669
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"