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Thunder over Zion : The Life and Times of Chief Judge Willis W. Ritter by Patricia F. Cowley and Parker M. Nielson (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Utah Press
ISBN-100874808766
ISBN-139780874808766
eBay Product ID (ePID)63750850
Product Key Features
Book TitleThunder over Zion : the Life and Times of Chief Judge Willis W. Ritter
Number of Pages360 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLawyers & Judges
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorPatricia F. Cowley, Parker M. Nielson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-023889
Reviews"The authors tell not only an anecdotal story but a candid one, with impressive documentation to support it."--Deseret News, "This work is valuable legal and political history. Its observations on the independence of the federal judiciary are of value today and are of value well beyond Utah."--Donald N. Zillman, University of Maine Law School, "This work is valuable legal and political history. Its observations on the independence of the federal judiciary are of value today and are of value well beyond Utah."-Donald N. Zillman, University of Maine Law School, "This work is valuable legal and political history. Its observations on the independence of the federal judiciary are of value today and are of value well beyond Utah."-Donald N. Zillman, University of Maine Law School "The authors tell not only an anecdotal story but a candid one, with impressive documentation to support it."-Deseret News
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
SynopsisWillis William Ritter, United States District Judge for the District of Utah from 1949 until his death on March 4, 1978, was the one judge whose name was familiar among those who had little or no idea of the difference between judicial jurisdictions. Many knew him by the broad gestures with which he challenged bureaucracies and the federal government itself. He was, legally speaking, a friend to the underdog. Yet at his death scarcely a friend was left and he had become the object of ridicule, outrage, pity, and contempt. Ritter was clearly ahead of his time, for his opinions on criminal justice, police interrogation, and the rights to counsel have now become accepted standards in jurisprudence. They are, indeed, so universally accepted that few if any viewers of televised police court dramas would even question them. In his personal life he was a man flawed on a grand scale and he lived a life fraught with contradictions. This is his compelling story, compellingly recounted., Willis William Ritter, United States District Judge for the District of Utah from 1949 until his death on March 4, 1978, was the one judge whose name was familiar among those who had little or no idea of the difference between judicial jurisdictions. Many knew him by the broad gestures with which he challenged bureaucracies and the federal ......
LC Classification NumberKF373.R52C69 2006
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