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ERIC Number: EJ431906
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2745
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William O. Douglas and Felix Frankfurter: Ideology and Personality on the Supreme Court.
Urofsky, Melvin I.
History Teacher, v24 n1 p7-18 Nov 1990
Examines the philosophical and judicial conflicts on the U.S. Supreme Court between justices Douglas and Frankfurter. Traces their disagreements citing specific court cases. States they represented judicial activism and judicial restraint. Concludes it is possible that the country benefited from the philosophical tensions and debates generated by their opposing views. (NL)
Descriptors: Conflict, Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation, Court Role, Debate, Higher Education, Ideology, Modern History, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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