Elbert Parr Tuttle - Chief Jurist of the Civil Rights Revolution

This is the first—and the only authorized—biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.

About the author

ANNE EMANUEL is a professor of law emerita at Georgia State University. She clerked for Judge Tuttle during his tenure on the Fifth Circuit, practiced in a private law firm, and clerked for Chief Justice Harold Hill of the Georgia Supreme Court.

Summary

This is the first—and the only authorized—biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897–1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Emanuel
• Assisted by: Paul Finkelman (Editor), Timothy Huebner (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2014
• EAN: 9780820347455
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4745-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History o; Studies in the Legal History of the South
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Rechtsgeschichte, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, LAW / Legal History, Biography / Autobiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges