Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition

by Owen Fiss and Owen M. Fiss

Book Overview

Pillars of Justice explores the purpose and possibilities of life in the law through moving accounts of thirteen lawyers who shaped the legal world during the past half century.

Some, such as Thurgood Marshall, were Supreme Court Justices. Others, like John Doar and Burke Marshall, set the civil rights policies of the federal government during the 1960s. Some, including Harry Kalven and Catharine MacKinnon, have taught at the greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971868
• ISBN13: 9780674971868
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"