1940s Book, Mr. Justice Black: The Man and His Opinions

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Title: Mr. Justice Black: The Man and His Opinions.
Author: John P. Frank.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf.
Origin: New York, … Read more Title: Mr. Justice Black: The Man and His Opinions.
Author: John P. Frank.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf.
Origin: New York, NY, USA.
Publication date: 1949 (Copyright 1948).
Printer: The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts.
Typography/binding: Original designs by W.A. Dwiggins.
Edition: First edition.

Description: 357 p., Index i-iv. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth hardcover, gilt title/design stamped on spine cover, blind stamped scales of justice on front board, blue tinted upper leaf edge, text of the book set on the Linotype in Scotch. Errata folded in front endpapers.

Measures: 1.75 W x 5.75 D x 8.5 H inches.

About the work and author: Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) was one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century. he Justice Black is and will ever be a controversial figure. The author served for a time during the WWII as Justice Black's law clerk (1942 - 1943) and since that time Mr. Frank solidly established himself as a writer and teacher of law, which made him well qualified to write about his subject. John Paul Frank was an American lawyer and scholar involved in landmark civil rights, school desegregation, and criminal procedure cases before the United States Supreme Court. Frank earned a B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin and an LL.B. from the University of Wisconsin Law School with Order of the Coif honors.

After Mr. Frank's biography of the Justice, he treats some of his most significant Court opinions and dissents. Preceding each, he summarizes the issues involved, the principal points decided, and how the Court stood on the case. You read the opinion thus treated with easy understanding; you may not agree with Justice Black, but you always know what he is talking about. Black has the happy faculty of pointing up "Hamlet" in a few short, crisp sentences. See less