An edition of Illinois justice (2001)
Illinois justice
the scandal of 1969 and the rise of John Paul Stevens
By Kenneth A. Manaster
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
327
Description:
"Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and '70s. In Illinois Justice, Ken Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only spelled the end of an Illinois Supreme Court chief justice's aspirations to the U.S. Supreme Court, but also marked the beginning the lawyer John Paul Stevens's rise to the high court."--Jacket.
subjects: History, Judicial corruption, Political corruption, Judges, biography, Illinois, politics and government
People: John Paul Stevens (1920-)
Places: Illinois
Times: 20th century