San Francisco trial lawyer
Subtitle: in defense of due process, 1930s to 1990s
By: George T. Davis ; with an introduction by Dale H. Champion ; interviews conducted by Carole Hicke in 1986 and 1987. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Champion, Dale H.; Hicke, Carole.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1993
Subjects: Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942.; Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960.; Krupp, Alfried, 1907-1967.; University of California, Berkeley. School of Law.; Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews.; Conduct of court proceedings.; Civil rights -- California.; Due process of law -- California.; Capital punishment -- California.; Practice of law.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Davis discusses Boalt Hall Law School; Depression and politics in San Francisco in the 1930s; Tom Mooney case; Caryl Chessman case; freeing Alfried Krupp from prison; strategies in the courtroom; constitutional rights; due process, capital punishment; changes in law practice.