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Philip Elman |
| Elman [1917-1999], a clerk and protege of Felix Frankfurter, was an attorney in the solicitor general’s office who played a decisive role in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Working closely with Frankfurter, he added the famous proviso that schools be desegregated “with all deliberate speed.” |
166. Birks, Michael.
Gentlemen of the Law. London: Stevens & Sons Ltd., [1961].
xi, 304 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Cloth very good in worn dust
jacket. “P. Elman” in ink to front free endpaper, internally clean.
$20.
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Second impression.  
167. Honnold, John, Editor.
The Life of the Law: Readings on the Growth of Legal
Institutions. London: The Free Press of Glencoe
Collier-Macmillan Limited, [1964]. xiv, 581 pp. Cloth very good in
moderately worn dust jacket. “P. Elman” in ink to front free
endpaper, internally clean. $25.
168. MacKenzie, John P.
The Appearance of Justice. New York:
Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1974]. xiii, 304 pp. Cloth very good in
lightly worn dust jacket. Author inscription to Philip Elman to
front free endpaper, internally clean. $50.
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The inscription reads “For Phil Elman,/ with great admiration/ and
warm regards,/ Jack MacKenzie/ Washington/ September 1974.”
169. Mendelson, Wallace, Editor.
Felix Frankfurter: The Judge.
New York: Reynal and Company, 1964. 285 pp. Cloth very good in
lightly worn dust jacket. “P. Elman” to front free endpaper, 1957
New York Times article “An Appreciation of Justice Frankfurter” by
Anthony Lewis laid in. $25.
170. Schick, Marvin.
Learned Hand’s Court. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University
Press, [1970]. xvi, 371 pp. Frontispiece. Cloth very good in lightly
worn dust jacket. “P. Elman” to front free endpaper, single leaf of
notes and a 1955 New York Times Magazine article “A Plea for
the Freedom of Dissent” by Learned Hand laid in. $35.
171. Shogan, Robert.
A Question of Judgment: The Fortas Case and the Struggle for the
Supreme Court. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, [1972]. x, 314 pp.
Cloth very good in moderately worn dust jacket. “P. Elman” in ink to
front free endpaper, internally clean. $20.
172. Westin, Alan F., Editor.
An Autobiography of the Supreme Court: Off-the-Bench Commentary
by the Justices. New York: Macmillan, [1964]. xii, 475 pp. Cloth
very good in lightly worn dust jacket. “P. Elman” to front free
endpaper, interior otherwise clean. $20. |
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