Activism in pursuit of the public interest
Subtitle: the jurisprudence of Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor
By: Ben Field.
Publisher: Berkeley Public Policy Press for the California Supreme Court Historical Society
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Traynor, Roger J.; Judges -- California -- Biography.; Political questions and judicial power -- California -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The foundations of Roger Traynor's activist jurisprudence; title: Perez v. Sharp : racial assimilation and judicial lawmaking; title: DeBurgh v. DeBurgh and the public interest in family life; title: People v. Cahan : police searches and cold war politics; title: The product liability cases : judicial activism and consumerism; title: Roger Traynor and his case for judicial activism.