First principles
Subtitle: the jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas
By: Scott Douglas Gerber.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Thomas, Clarence, 1948-; United States. Supreme Court. -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.; Law and politics.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States.; Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Description: "Clarence Thomas is one of the most vilified public figures of our day. Time magazine has called him "Uncle Tom Justice" and famed columnist Nat Hentoff accuses him of "having done more damage, more quickly, than any Supreme Court justice in history.""--BOOK JACKET.

"What is perhaps most remarkable about Justice Thomas's Supreme Court tenure to date is that, despite the fact that he will be influencing American law for generations to come, his legal philosophy has received only cursory treatment. Scott Douglas Gerber seeks to remedy this state of affairs by casting aside facile, visceral assessments of Thomas - from both the left and the right.

Gerber takes on the formidable task of providing a portrait of Thomas based not on the justice's caricatured reputation but on his judicial opinions and votes, his scholarly writings, and his public speeches."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics. Judging Thomas; title: The "natural law thing"; title: Law. Civil rights; title: Civil liberties; title: Federalism; title: Law and Politics. Conclusion.