ERNST, MORRIS L. & ALAN U. SCHWARTZ

Privacy the Right to Be Let Alone

New York, NY: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small nickd and bits of rubbing, along with some associated wrinkling. "Ernst practiced law in New York City and in 1915 co-founded the law firm of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst. He joined the board of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1927 and was one of the most prominent and successful ACLU attorneys from the 1920s through the 1960s. From 1929 to 1954, he shared the title of general counsel at the ACLU with Arthur Garfield Hays. He became vice chairman of the ACLU's board in 1955. During the 1930s, Ernst played a significant role in challenging and relaxing existing censorship around the topics of sexual education and birth control, exonerating the sexual education manuals of Marie Stopes and Mary Ware Dennett, as well as legally representing Margaret Sanger and Hannah Stone and defending Life magazine over a photographic essay related to the film The Birth of a Baby. Ernst displayed considerable skill at harnessing the media to publicise and foreground his cases and initiatives, as well as his ability to educate a courtroom audience (and, frequently, its legal staff) on the topics in question. Also during this period, Ernst enjoyed the first of a succession of parallel civic appointments when he was appointed in 1932 (by then Governor of New York Franklin Roosevelt) to the State Banking Board, where he participated in the drafting of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 48493

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Law Politics Ernst L. Morris Alan U. Schwartz Right To Privacy First Amendment Civil Liberties

GRISWOLD, ERWIN N

The 5th Amendment Today

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1955. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. This is a trade sized paperback book with illustrated covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have rubbing, along with a couple of creases, some edge wear and bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. "Erwin Nathaniel Griswold (July 14, 1904 – November 19, 1994) was an American appellate attorney and legal scholar who argued many cases before the U. S. Supreme Court. Griswold served as Solicitor General of the United States (1967–1973) under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. He also served as the dean of Harvard Law School for 21 years. Several times he was considered for appointment to the U. S. Supreme Court. During a career that spanned more than six decades, he served as member of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights and as president of the American Bar Foundation. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 48259

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Politics Erwin N. Griswold Law And Justice Free Speech 5th Amendment The Constitution Solicitor General

MACKINTOSH, SIR JAMES, (M. P. )

A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations

London, England: Edward Lumley, 1835. Early printing. Hardcover. This is a small book (approximately 6" x 4") with a leather spine and marbled covers. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, spine joints and corners of the book covers have rubbing and some light wear. The text pages are clean and bright. There are a few spots of foxing to the front free pages, and there is a previous owner's bookplate (Sir Edward W. Watkin) on the front pastedown page. "Sir James Mackintosh (24 October 1765 – 30 May 1832) was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician." "He went in 1780 to King's College, University of Aberdeen, where he made a lifelong friend of Robert Hall, later a famous preacher. In 1784 he began to study medicine at Edinburgh University. He participated to the full in the intellectual ferment, became friendly with Benjamin Constant, but did not quite neglect his medical studies, and took his degree in 1787. In 1788 Mackintosh moved to London, then agitated by the trial of Warren Hastings and the first lapse into insanity of George III. He was much more interested in these and other political events than in his professional prospects." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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Book number: 41382

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: Law Sir James Mackintosh Law Texts English Law Parliament