New Books - Fall 2007, List 1
MY GRANDFATHER'S SON: A MEMOIR
Clarence Thomas
New York: Harper, 2007
KF8745.T48 A3 2007 First Floor
Shelved in New Books first, then at call number location
From Harper:
Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23, 1948, into a life marked by poverty and hunger. His parents divorced when Thomas was still a baby, and his father moved north to Philadelphia, leaving his young mother to raise him and his brother and sister on the ten dollars a week she earned as a maid. At age seven, Thomas and his six-year-old brother were sent to live with his mother's father, Myers Anderson, and her stepmother in their Savannah home. It was a move that would forever change Thomas's life.
His grandfather, whom he called "Daddy," was a black man with a strict work ethic, trying to raise a family in the years of Jim Crow. Thomas witnessed his grandparents' steadfastness despite injustices, their hopefulness despite bigotry, and their deep love for their country. His own quiet ambition would propel him to Holy Cross and Yale Law School, and eventually—despite a bitter, highly contested public confirmation—to the highest court in the land. In this candid and deeply moving memoir, a quintessential American tale of hardship and grit, Clarence Thomas recounts his astonishing journey for the first time, and pays homage to the man who made it possible.
Intimately and eloquently, Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the acrimonious and polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair it created in his own life and the lives of those closest to him. My Grandfather's Son is the story of a determined man whose faith, courage, and perseverance inspired him to rise up against all odds and achieve his dreams.
Clarence Thomas is Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born in Pinpoint, Georgia, he is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and Yale Law School. He lives with his wife and great nephew in northern Virginia.
ORIGINALISM: A QUARTER-CENTURY OF DEBATE
Steven G. Calabresi
KF4749A2.O75 2007 Third Floor
Shelved in New Books first, then at call number location
From Regnery Publishing:
What did the Constitution mean at the time it was adopted? How should we interpret today the words used by the Founding Fathers? In Originalism: A Quarter-Century of Debate, these questions are explained and dissected by the very people who continue to shape the legal structure of our country. Inside you’ll find:
- - A foreword by Justice Antonin Scalia and speeches by former attorney general Edwin Meese III, Justice William Brennan, Judge Robert H. Bork, and President Ronald Reagan
- - Transcripts from panel discussions and debates engaging some of the brightest legal minds of our time in frank, open discussions about the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States and its impact on the rule of law in our country
- - A debate on the original meaning of the Commerce, Spending, and Necessary and Proper Clauses
- - Concluding thoughts by Theodore Olson, forty-second solicitor general of the United States and a fellow at both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Steven G. Calabresi is a co-founder of the Federalist Society, chairman of the Society’s Board of Directors, and professor of law at Northwestern University. His published work has appeared in all the major law reviews and addresses such subjects as presidential powers, federalism, the separation of powers, federal jurisdiction, and comparative constitutional law. Professor Calabresi lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Mimi and their four children.
CHALLENGES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Fernando Falcon y Tella
K3240.F35 2007 Basement
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From Martinus Nijhoff Publishers:
This collection focuses on topics that are particularly relevant for the present era. It examines issues such as multiculturalism, globalization, international criminal justice (specifically third and fourth generation rights) and, within this thematic framework, the problems that have come about as a result of the expanding reach of the Internet and of new biomedical advances. In addition, it explores the increasingly urgent challenge of how to respond to international terrorism, in view of worldwide events since September 11, 2001, and its resulting aftermath. Originally published in Spanish, this thought-provoking collection will be of interest to human rights scholars and practitioners alike.
Fernando Falcón y Tella is Doctor in Law and Associate Professor of Legal Philosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He spent periods researching at the Universities of Paris, Geneva and Oxford. He is the co-author of Punishment and Culture (2006, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers) and is the author of a number of books and articles on human rights and legal theory in Spanish and French.
THE LAW UNBOUND! : A RICHARD DELGADO READER
A.K. Wing and J. Stefancic, editors
Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2007
KF4755.L39 2007 Third Floor
Shelved in New Books first, then at call number location
From Paradigm Publishers:
This book offers the best and most influential writings of Richard Delgado, one of the founding figures of the critical race theory movement and one of the earliest scholars to address the harms of hate speech. With excerpts from his classic law review articles, conversations with his famous alter ego Rodrigo Crenshaw, and comments on the vicissitudes of academic life, this book spans topics such as hate speech, affirmative action, the war on terror, the endangered status of black men, and the place of Latinos in the civil rights equation.
Richard Delgado is University Distinguished Professor and Derrick Bell Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. He is author, with Jean Stefancic, of No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America's Social Agenda (Temple University Press, 1996).
Adrien Katherine Wing is Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law.
Jean Stefanic is Research Professor of Law and Derrick Bell Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
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