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Justice Holmes and the Question of Race

   | 21 gen 2021
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Notwithstanding his youthful dalliance with abolitionism, Holmes’ votes and opinions in Supreme Court cases involving race reveal a stubborn indifference to discrimination on a range of issues. Whether this reflects a cold personal aloofness, a preoccupation with life as struggle, a commitment to judicial restraint or merely an insensitivity pervading the enlightened opinion of the day, his performance will continue to stain his reputation.

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2049-4092
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Inglese
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Law, History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law, International Law, Foreign Law, Comparative Law, other, Public Law