Black Judges on Justice - by Linn Washington (Paperback)

About the Book

These "searingly candid interviews" (Derrick Bell) with America's leading African American jurists feature the opinions of judges from all backgrounds with a range of outspoken views and often surprising insights on justice and racial prejudice in America.

Book Synopsis

Black Judges on Justice is the first book to present the views of leading African American judges on the way our judicial system works. From pioneers such as Leon Higginbotham and Constance Baker Motley (the first black female federal judge) to such outspoken and well-known mavericks as Bruce Wright, the testimony of these judges provides penetrating analysis of the role of the jurist, of the daily malfunctioning of the courts, and of the future of the judicial system itself.

About the Author

Linn Washington is a graduate of the Masters of Studies in Law Journalism Fellowship Program at Yale Law School and was formerly the special assistant to Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix Jr. of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He lives in Philadelphia, where he is an assistant professor of journalism at Temple University.