Counsel for the situation : shaping the law to realize America's promise / William T. Coleman, Jr. ; with Donald T. Bliss.
2010
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Title
Counsel for the situation : shaping the law to realize America's promise / William T. Coleman, Jr. ; with Donald T. Bliss.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
KF373.C625 A3 2010
ISBN
9780815704881 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815704887 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815704942 (e-book)
0815704941 (e-book)
0815704887 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815704942 (e-book)
0815704941 (e-book)
Description
xiv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)635492451
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-396) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Stephen G. Breyer
vii
Prologue
xi
1.
Mr. Coleman Goes to Washington
1
pt. I
THE FORMATIVE YEARS
2.
Roots
7
3.
Making Jewels out of Rough Diamonds
15
4.
Home Sweet Home
22
5.
School Days
26
6.
Sibling Rivalries
30
7.
College Years
34
pt. II
LEARNING TO BE A GOOD LAWYER
8.
Harvard Law School
43
9.
War
56
10.
After the War
69
11.
Clerking for the Good Judge
73
12.
Justice Frankfurter
78
13.
Life at the Supreme Court and in the Nation's Capital
87
pt. III
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
14.
From the Ivory Tower to the Working World
97
15.
American History in Black and White
105
16.
Chipping away at Plessy
116
17.
The Brown Team
120
pt. IV
A PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
18.
The City of Brotherly Love
129
19.
Expert in Relevance
134
20.
The Tipping Point
143
21.
Reargument, December 7, 1953
150
22.
With All Deliberate Speed
156
23.
Enforcing the Court's Order
161
24.
A Lawyer's Public Service Obligation
168
25.
Managing the Dilworth Litigation Department
183
26.
The Girard College Case
193
27.
The Legacy of Houston-Hastie-Marshall
199
28.
The Nixon Years
205
pt. V
SERVING IN THE FORD CABINET
29.
Change in Course
213
30.
Cabinet-Style Government
220
31.
Getting to Know the Department of Transportation
230
32.
Making Transportation Policy
245
33.
The Decisionmaking Process
258
34.
A Time of Transition
269
pt. VI
A WASHINGTON LAWYER
35.
The Sun Also Rises in the East
281
36.
Building the Washington Practice
289
37.
The Bob Jones Case
300
38.
Supreme Court Practice
309
39.
The Robert Bork Hearings
321
40.
Is Race Still Relevant?
335
41.
Opportunities for Public Service
342
42.
Reflecting on Republicans and Race
355
43.
Counsel for the Situation
366
Epilogue
377
Acknowledgments
379
Chronology of the Life of William T. Coleman jr
381
Principal Cases Cited
388
Bibliography
390
Notes
397
Index
443