The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts /

"Rose Elizabeth Bird was forty years old when in 1977 Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown chose her to become California's first female supreme court chief justice. Appointed to a court with a stellar reputation for being the nation's most progressive, Bird became a lightning r...

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Main Author: Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, Nebraska : Bison Books, 2016
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The First Woman; 2. A Woman in Charge; 3. The Most Innovative Judiciary; 4. Becoming Chief Justice; 5. Hail to the Chief; 6. Disorder in the Court; 7. The Politics of Death; 8. Big Business v. Rose Bird; 9. The People v. Rose Bird; 10. High Courts and Political Footballs; 11. Paying for Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index.