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Paperback. Condizione: Good. U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas served on the Court for 36 years. He wrote more opinions and more dissents than any other Justice. Douglas was described as an invigorating presence on the Court and possessed unusual stamina, an unyielding will, and enormous courage. Douglas's achievements on and off the Court were astonishing. He was an adventurer, jurist, and environmentalist, whose writings and actions impacted the country for many years. He was also a hiker and climber. He organized hikes and other actions to protect the C&O Canal near Washington, D.C., Olympic Beach and Glacier Peak in Washington State, the Buffalo River in Arkansas, and areas along the Appalachian Trail. He was a prophet, visionary, pioneer, scout, and pathfinder. In reading The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place, one accepts Douglas's invitation to hike with him, to visit a place with him.and to join him in a process of discovery and affirmation that is available to a free people in a spacious land.…

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Author's signature. Hulst, Tom R. The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas: A Legacy of Place. New York: iUniverse, [2004]. xx, 289 pp. Softcover. Near fine. Author's signature to title page. Occasional pencil annotations and markings. $25. * How specific geographic wildernesses directly forged American environmental law serves as the core thesis of this study into Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas's judicial career. Rather than focusing solely on constitutional theory, the author traces Douglas's literal footsteps across the Pacific Northwest, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to explain his radical conservation jurisprudence. This geographic immersion provides crucial context for Douglas's historic dissenting opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton, wherein he argued for the legal standing of inanimate nature, an ideological shift that permanently altered twentieth-century environmental litigation and public land policy. Author's signature (illustratore).…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Footpaths of Justice William O. Douglas | A Legacy of Place | Tom R. Hulst | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2004 | iUniverse | EAN 9780595330409 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …