Harry A. Blackmun the outsider justice

Harry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice is Tinsley E. Yarbrough's penetrating account of one of the most outspoken and complicated figures on the Supreme Court. As a justice, Blackmun stood at the pinnacle of the American judiciary. Yet when he took his seat on the Court, Justice Blackmun felt...

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Tác giả chính: Yarbrough, Tinsley E.
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Được phát hành: Oxford,New York Oxford University Press 2008
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