THE COURT YEARS, 1939 TO 1975: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS

by Douglas, William Orville

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Book desription: NY: Random House, 1980 First Printing. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, author's signature, gilt, on cover. 8vo. 434 pp. Illustrated with 16 pages of B&W photographs. The volume is in perfect condition, tight and square, except for a moderate coffee stain on the fep and ffep, not affecting any other pages, and a former owner's embossed seal on the half-title, else as now. The dust jacket interior (only) suffered slightly from the same coffee stain, else near fine. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. William Orville Douglas, (1898-1980) Supreme Court justice, author; born in Maine, Minn. He taught corporate law at Columbia University (1925--28) and Yale (1928--36), and published several business law casebooks before joining the Securities and Exchange Commission (1936--39). When he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, he was considered a young nominee. He served an unprecedented 361/2 years on the bench (1939--75) during which time he was considered a liberal justice with controversial opinions. He interpreted the courts' judiciary powers broadly and he vehemently defended civil liberties. He held absolutely to the freedoms espoused in the Bill of Rights, especially that of free speech. Drawing on his many travels, he penned some 30 books both on legal matters and on nature and conservation; they include Of Men and Mountains (1950), An Almanac of Liberty (1954), Democracy's Manifesto (1962), and A Wilderness Bill of Rights (1965).. Stated 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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