Document Type
Book Review
Abstract
This article is a book review that highlights William O. Douglas’s character and temperament, and suggests these very traits made his legacy on the Court a disappointment. Arguing that Douglas was uncommitted to judicial craft and simply championed cases close to his heart. The article bemoans Douglas’s lack of insight into constitutional adjudication, while noting the volumes anecdotal humor, the article cites the autobiography’s disingenuousness as cause to call it a work of fiction.
Recommended Citation
James E. Bond,
The Court Years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas, 1982 DETROIT C. L. REV. 203
(1982).
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