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Book SynopsisExamines the legacies of eight momentous US Supreme Court decisions that have their origins in Alabama legal disputes. Written in a concise and accessible manner, each case law chapter begins with the circumstances that created the dispute. Brown then provides historical and constitutional background for the issue.
Trade ReviewThis is a fine book built around a fine premise, namely that ordinary readers in Alabama—and elsewhere, but especially in Alabama—should understand the profound impact that Alabama cases have had upon our nation’s laws. Any reader who examines
Alabama Justice will understand that in the mid-twentieth century, and beyond, Alabama was an epicenter of American jurisprudence." —Paul M. Pruitt Jr., author of
Taming Alabama: Lawyers and Reformers, 1804–1929Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A Moment of Silence: Public School Prayers and Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
- Chapter 2. Compelled Disclosure: Freedom of Association and NAACP v. Alabama (1958)
- Chapter 3. Heed Their Rising Voices: The Actual Malice Test and New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
- Chapter 4. Scottsboro: The Right to Effective Counsel and Powell v. Alabama (1932)
- Chapter 5. Transforming Tuskegee: Racial Redistricting and Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)
- Chapter 6. Equal Protection, Equal Benefits: Women’s Rights and Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)
- Chapter 7. One Person, One Vote: Legislative Reapportionment and Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
- Chapter 8. Ollie’s Barbecue: The Commerce Clause and Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)
- Chapter 9. Revered and Reviled: The Supreme Court Legacies of John McKinley, John Archibald Campbell, and Hugo Black
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
