Civil Rights and Legal Order: The Work of A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

Authors

Donald P. Kommers, Notre Dame Law School
Eugenia S. Schwartz

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1978

Publication Information

54 Notre Dame Law. 181 (1978).

Abstract

On October 11-12, 1978, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.' delivered the Notre Dame Law School's Seventh Annual Civil Rights Lecture under the general title, "From Thomas Jefferson to Bakke: Race and the American Legal Process." It seems to us appropriate, therefore, on the occasion of the Higginbotham lecture, to consider his work as both historian and judge. Specifically, this article will serve the threefold purpose of (1) reviewing Matter of Color, (2) illustrating the author's use of history in two judicial opinions dealing with the rights of black Americans, and (3) reflecting upon the implications of Higginbotham's work in legal education today

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Notre Dame Law Review (previously Notre Dame Lawyer).

Recommended Citation

Donald P. Kommers & Eugenia S. Schwartz, Civil Rights and Legal Order: The Work of A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., 54 Notre Dame Law. 181 (1978)..
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