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Citizen Justice - The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas – Public Advocate and Conservation Champion (Hardcover)
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Citizen Justice - The Environmental Legacy of William O. Douglas – Public Advocate and Conservation Champion (Hardcover)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1898–1980) was a
giant in the legal world, although often remembered for his four
wives, as a potential vice-presidential nominee, as a target of
impeachment proceedings, and for his tenure as the longest-serving
justice from 1939 to 1975. His most enduring legacy, however, is
perhaps his advocacy for the environment. Douglas was the spiritual
heir to early 20th-century conservation pioneers such as Teddy
Roosevelt and John Muir. His personal spiritual mantra embraced
nature as a place of solitude, sanctuary, and refuge. Caught in the
giant expansion of America’s urban and transportation
infrastructure after World War II, Douglas became a powerful leader
in forging the ambitious goals of today’s environmental movement.
In doing so, he became a true citizen justice. In a way that would
be unthinkable today, Douglas ran a one-man lobby shop from his
chambers at the Supreme Court, bringing him admiration from allies
in conservation groups but raising ethical issues with his
colleagues. He became a national figure through his books,
articles, and speeches warning against environmental dangers.
Douglas organised protest hikes to leverage his position as a
national icon; he lobbied politicians and policymakers privately
about everything from logging to highway construction and
pollution; and he protested at the Supreme Court through his
voluminous and passionate dissents. He made a lasting contribution
to both the physical environment and environmental law, with trees
still standing, dams unbuilt, and beaches protected as a result of
his work. His merged roles as citizen advocate and justice also put
him squarely in the centre of ethical dilemmas that he never fully
resolved. Citizen Justice elucidates the why and how of these
tensions and their contemporary lessons against the backdrop of
Douglas’s unparalleled commitment to the environment.
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