| Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark: A Life of Service Contributor(s): Gronlund, Mimi Clark (Author), Clark, Ramsey (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0292719914 ISBN-13: 9780292719910 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009013811 |
| Series: Texas Legal Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An associate justice on the renowned Warren Court whose landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned racial segregation in schools and other public facilities, Tom C. Clark was a crusader for justice throughout his long legal career. Among many tributes Clark received, Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger opined that "no man in the past thirty years has contributed more to the improvement of justice than Tom Clark." Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark is the first biography of this important American jurist. Written by his daughter, Mimi Clark Gronlund, and based on interviews with many of Clark's judicial associates, friends, and family, as well as archival research, it offers a well-rounded portrait of a lawyer and judge who dealt with issues that remain in contention today--civil rights, the rights of the accused, school prayer, and censorship/pornography, among them. Gronlund explores the factors in her father's upbringing and education that helped form his judicial philosophy, then describes how that philosophy shaped his decisions on key issues and cases, including the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the investigation of war fraud, the Truman administration's loyalty program (an anti-communist effort), the Brown decision, Mapp v. Ohio (protections against unreasonable search and seizure), and Abington v. Schempp (which overturned a state law that required reading from the Bible each day in public schools). |
Contributor Bio(s): Gronlund, Mimi Clark: - MIMI CLARK GRONLUND, the daughter of Tom C. Clark, was a reference librarian at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College for twenty-two years. Her research into her father’s career spanned more than thirty years, and her master’s thesis, “Tom Clark, the Early Years,” earned her an M.A. in English from George Mason University. She has lived in McLean, Virginia, since 1976. |