| Description |
1 online resource (269 pages) : [10] portraits |
| Series |
Hispanic Civil Rights Series |
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Hispanic civil rights series.
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| Contents |
The quest begins -- A whirlwind of idealism: Young Joe -- Calm before the storm: the judiciary in the 1950s -- A quick start: corruption and cavalier attitudes -- Setting precedents: the early cases -- The early cases: seemingly innocuous, but ... -- Drug laws: tough but with reservations -- Constitutionality: the Fourteenth Amendment and the states -- Light in a dark period -- The Commies are coming: mine-smelter and Hollywood -- First Commie trial: Salt of the Earth -- The first Jencks's case: quick and simple? -- Matusow and Jencks: false witness, contempt and discovery -- Aftermath: Jencks, Mine-Mill and no calamity in Joe -- Tenacity Calamia style -- The 1960s: Judge Thomason passes the torch -- Clanahan: even "La Migra" deserves a fair trial -- Nagell: discovery, insanity, clear and convincing evidence -- Federal judges: attitudes and the law of contempt -- Fernandez and the Fifth: no silver platter for the federal taxman -- Muniz and Habeas Corpus: no Mexican Americans in a grand jury -- Change and reflection -- 1970s and beyond: turmoil and change -- Pate and filing fees: now Chuy de la O can run for mayor -- Judge v. Judge: investigative grand juries -- Jones: crimes of sudden passion and reflection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Calamia, Joseph Albert
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| SUBJECT |
Calamia, Joseph Albert fast |
| Subject |
Hispanic American lawyers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.
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LAW -- Legal History.
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Hispanic American lawyers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611923698 |
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1611923697 |
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1558856978 |
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9781558856974 |
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1558856080 |
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9781558856080 |
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