The Enduring Example of John Marshall Harlan: “Virtue as Practice” in the Supreme Court

Authors

William W. Van Alstyne, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Abstract

Twenty years after his last term on the Supreme Court, whatever else complimentary may be written of Justice John Marshall Harlan's sixteen years on the Court (1955-1971), it ought not be said that, in the era of the Warren Court, he was a leading champion of civil liberties and of civil rights.

Citation

William W. Van Alstyne, The Enduring Example of John Marshall Harlan: “Virtue as Practice” in the Supreme Court, 36 New York Law School Law Review 109-126 (1991)