Earl Warren: A Public Life - Softcover

G. Edward White, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, is the author of several works, including The American Judicial Tradition and Tort Law in America.

"White's splendid new biography helps us to understand better Warren's remarkable career from district attorney of Alameda County, California, to Chief Justice of the United States....[It] establishes White as one of our premier legal historians."--American Bar Foundation Research
Journal

"The first significant legal biography of Chief Justice Earl Warren."--Stanford Law Review

"White's analysis is penetrating, his literary style engaging."--Political Science Quarterly

"A fascinating book about a towering figure of our time."--Virginia Quarterly Review

"A serious and fascinating study, relating Warren the man and Warren the judge, and throwing fresh light on an amazing period in the Supreme Court's history."--Anthony Lewis, The New York Times Book Review

"Seems likely to serve for some time as the standard against which other biographies of the controversial chief justice will be measured."--American Historical Review

"An excellent introduction to a major figure in twentieth-century American history...solid, informative, and perceptive."--Journal of American History

"Mr. White has written an exciting biography of this great man and provided...a wealth of material for the continuing debate over Warren's role."--The New Republic

"A first-rate biography."--Journal of Southern History

"The most important book about the law published this year. Both a fresh exploration of one of the most astonishing political metamorphoses in American history, and a profound but readable explanation of some of the main problems of constitutional law and jurisprudence."--Baltimore Sun