Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky
Subtitle: a political biography
By: James E. St. Clair and Linda Gugin.
Contributors: Gugin, Linda C.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953.; United States. Supreme Court -- Biography.; Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-380) and index.
Table of contents: title: A long journey from "jail"; title: The Capitol as his oyster; title: Rapid recovery and rise; title: The loyal lieutenant; title: Vinson's transition from legislator to jurist; title: Available Vinson; title: The Chief Justice and his court; title: The Chief Justice, the President, and the politics of economic stabilization; title: Individual rights in the cold war climate; title: The dilemma of due process and the promise of equality.