Howard Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 3626868 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Howard Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | Howard |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Working in the Killing Fields: Forensic Science in Bosnia
Multicultural Education in Colleges and Universities: A Transdisciplinary Approach
This book provides both an overview of the core dilemma in America--racism and the deadly impact it has had on American society--and an account of the ways in which the book's contributors have attempted to deal with this dilemma in their own teaching practice. Two core essays explore the theoretical and historical issues involved in defining "races" and "ethnic groups" in the West, and issues of racial and ethnic inequality in American society. …
Justice in Mississippi: The Murder Trial of Edgar Ray Killen
Murder in Mississippi: "United States v. Price" and the Struggle for Civil Rights
The USA Patriot Act: A Reference Handbook
The USA Patriot Act: A Reference Handbookis an in-depth examination of the difficult wartime task of balancing civil liberties against national security. Within weeks of the September 11 terrorist attacks, overwhelming majorities in both houses of Congress passed the USA Patriot Act. The act immediately aroused bitter controversy. Some claim it impermissibly infringes on constitutional rights; others argue it is a necessary tool to ensure the sec…
The Chief Justiceship of Warren Burger, 1969-1986
Journal Article The Chief Justiceship of Warren Burger, 1969–1986. By Earl M. Maltz. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2000. xviii, 307 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-57003-335-8.) Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 739–740, https://doi.org/10.2307/2675251 Publi…
Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth
Journal Article Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth. By Pamela Brandwein. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. xii, 272 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8223-2284-6. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-8223-2316-8.) Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, De…
Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience
Journal Article Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience. By Howard Ball. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. x, 288 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-7006-0977-6.) Get access Robert Edwin Herzstein Robert Edwin Herzstein University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1101–11…
The Bakke Case: Race, Education, and Affirmative Action
Journal Article The Bakke Case: Race, Education, and Affirmative Action Get access Ball Howard, The Bakke Case: Race, Education, and Affirmative ActionLawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000. xv, 231 pp. $25.00 (cloth). $12.95 (paper). Thomas H. Cox Thomas H. Cox State University of New York at Buffalo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issue 4, October 2000, P…
Brennan and Democracy
Journal Article Brennan and Democracy Get access Michelman Frank I., Brennan and DemocracyPrinceton: Princeton University Press, 1999. 148 pp. $24.95. Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issue 4, October 2000, Pages 459–461, https://doi.org/10.2307/3113806 Published: 01 October 2000
What Universities Teach: The Challenges and Possibilities of Curricular Multiculturalism
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Journal Article Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior Get access Ball Howard, Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $35.00. Judge Stuart Shiffman Judge Stuart Shiffman Springfield, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 1998, Pages 459–461, https://doi.org/10.2307/846069 Published: 01 October 199…
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Division and Discord: The Supreme Court under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953
Journal Article Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953 Get access Urofsky Melvin I., Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xv, 298 pp. $39.95. Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 1…
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Journal Article Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior. By Howard Ball. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-19-507814-4.) Get access Philippa Strum Philippa Strum City University of New York, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 715–716, https://doi.org/10.2307/2952693 Published: 01 September 1…
Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency
Fighting Justices: Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas and Supreme Court Conflict
Journal Article Fighting Justices: Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas and Supreme Court Conflict Get access Howard Ball, Howard Ball Professor of Political Science and Dean *College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phillip Cooper Phillip Cooper Professor and Chair **Department of Public Administration, Courtesy Professor of Law, University of Kansas. Some portio…
Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution
Journal Article Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution. By Howard Ball and Philip J. Cooper. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. x + 390 pp. $27.95, ISBN 0-19-504612-9.) Get access Charles A. Reich Charles A. Reich Yale Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1662–1663, https://d…
Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution
Journal Article Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution Get access Ball Howard Cooper Phillip J., Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press. 1992. vii, 390 pp. $27.95. William Cohen William Cohen Stanford Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Lega…
Government Failure to Take Due Care in a Risky Technology and the Question of Redress
sional relief Although federal agency administrative discretion is necessary and desirable, what constraints are there on their behavior in a democratic political and legal system when agency action is immunized from liability because of the function exception (see grey box on page 282) in the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)? This became an important question when, after World War II, agency action in the national security arena led to injury and …
We Have a Duty: The Supreme Court and the Watergate Tapes Litigation
Journal Article “We Have a Duty”: The Supreme Court and the Watergate Tapes Litigation. By Howard Ball. (Westport: Greenwood, 1990. xvi + 164 pp. $39.95.) Get access Stanley I. Kutier Stanley I. Kutier University of Wisconsin, Madison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1155–1156, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078952 Published: 01 December 1991
The U.S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions
HE policy formulation behavior of Congress and that of groups as-t sociated with legislative policy making (the White House, Execu-JL tive Branch bureaucrats, pressure groups, and federal courts [used by parties involved in public policy disputes]) varies from one policy is-sue to another; different public policies have their distinctive politics and political participants (Cleaveland 1969: 3, 6 fn 3). In this policy formu-lation activity, Congre…
The U. S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions
Howard Ball, The U. S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions, The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 529-552
Sociology
Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s
Journal Article Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s Get access Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s. By Ball Howard. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. xviii + 280 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $21.95.) Gerald D. Nash Gerald D. Nash University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wester…
Careless Justice: The United States Supreme Court's Shopping Center Opinions, 1946-1976
Although an indispensable means of correcting error and adapting the law to changing conditions, judicial reversals of precedents harbor the danger of legal instability. For this reason direct overturns of past opinions by a later court occur rather infrequently. Instead, courts prefer to release themselves from the straitjacket of stare decisis by distinguishing a case at hand from its precedent altogether. In examining a series of cases involvi…
The Chief Justiceship of Warren Burger, 1969-1986
Journal Article The Chief Justiceship of Warren Burger, 1969–1986. By Earl M. Maltz. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2000. xviii, 307 pp. $39.95, ISBN 1-57003-335-8.) Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 739–740, https://doi.org/10.2307/2675251 Publi…
Racial Vote Dilution: Impact of the Reagan DOJ and the Burger Court on the Voting Rights Act
Journal Article Racial Vote Dilution: Impact of the Reagan DOJ and the Burger Court on the Voting Rights Act Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 16, Issue 4, Fall 1986, Pages 29–48, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037621 Published: 01 January 1986
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The Vision and the Dream of Justice Hugo L. Black: An Examination of a Judicial Philosophy
The Vision and the Dream of Justice Hugo L. Black
Careless Justice: The United States Supreme Court's Shopping Center Opinions, 1946-1976
Although an indispensable means of correcting error and adapting the law to changing conditions, judicial reversals of precedents harbor the danger of legal instability. For this reason direct overturns of past opinions by a later court occur rather infrequently. Instead, courts prefer to release themselves from the straitjacket of stare decisis by distinguishing a case at hand from its precedent altogether. In examining a series of cases involvi…
Compromised Compliance: Implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
Federal Administrative Agencies: Essays on Power and Politics
Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s
Journal Article Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1930s. By Howard Ball. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. xviii + 280 pp. $21.95.) Get access Lloyd J. Graybar Lloyd J. Graybar Eastern Kentucky University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 3, December 1986, Pages 815–816, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903100 Published: 01 December 1986
Racial Vote Dilution: Impact of the Reagan DOJ and the Burger Court on the Voting Rights Act
Journal Article Racial Vote Dilution: Impact of the Reagan DOJ and the Burger Court on the Voting Rights Act Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Volume 16, Issue 4, Fall 1986, Pages 29–48, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037621 Published: 01 January 1986
Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s
Journal Article Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s Get access Justice Downwind: America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950s. By Ball Howard. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. xviii + 280 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $21.95.) Gerald D. Nash Gerald D. Nash University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Wester…
The U.S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions
HE policy formulation behavior of Congress and that of groups as-t sociated with legislative policy making (the White House, Execu-JL tive Branch bureaucrats, pressure groups, and federal courts [used by parties involved in public policy disputes]) varies from one policy is-sue to another; different public policies have their distinctive politics and political participants (Cleaveland 1969: 3, 6 fn 3). In this policy formu-lation activity, Congre…
The U. S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions
Howard Ball, The U. S. Supreme Court's Glossing of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Statutory Construction and Veterans' Tort Actions, The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Sep., 1988), pp. 529-552
Sociology
We Have a Duty: The Supreme Court and the Watergate Tapes Litigation
Journal Article “We Have a Duty”: The Supreme Court and the Watergate Tapes Litigation. By Howard Ball. (Westport: Greenwood, 1990. xvi + 164 pp. $39.95.) Get access Stanley I. Kutier Stanley I. Kutier University of Wisconsin, Madison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1155–1156, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078952 Published: 01 December 1991
Government Failure to Take Due Care in a Risky Technology and the Question of Redress
sional relief Although federal agency administrative discretion is necessary and desirable, what constraints are there on their behavior in a democratic political and legal system when agency action is immunized from liability because of the function exception (see grey box on page 282) in the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)? This became an important question when, after World War II, agency action in the national security arena led to injury and …
Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution
Journal Article Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution. By Howard Ball and Philip J. Cooper. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. x + 390 pp. $27.95, ISBN 0-19-504612-9.) Get access Charles A. Reich Charles A. Reich Yale Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 4, March 1993, Pages 1662–1663, https://d…
Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution
Journal Article Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution Get access Ball Howard Cooper Phillip J., Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press. 1992. vii, 390 pp. $27.95. William Cohen William Cohen Stanford Law School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Lega…
Fighting Justices: Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas and Supreme Court Conflict
Journal Article Fighting Justices: Hugo L. Black and William O. Douglas and Supreme Court Conflict Get access Howard Ball, Howard Ball Professor of Political Science and Dean *College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Phillip Cooper Phillip Cooper Professor and Chair **Department of Public Administration, Courtesy Professor of Law, University of Kansas. Some portio…
Cancer Factories: America's Tragic Quest for Uranium Self-Sufficiency
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Journal Article Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior. By Howard Ball. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-19-507814-4.) Get access Philippa Strum Philippa Strum City University of New York, New York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 715–716, https://doi.org/10.2307/2952693 Published: 01 September 1…
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Journal Article Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior Get access Ball Howard, Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xiv, 305 pp. $35.00. Judge Stuart Shiffman Judge Stuart Shiffman Springfield, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 4, October 1998, Pages 459–461, https://doi.org/10.2307/846069 Published: 01 October 199…
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior
Division and Discord: The Supreme Court under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953
Journal Article Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953 Get access Urofsky Melvin I., Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941–1953. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1997. xv, 298 pp. $39.95. Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 1…
What Universities Teach: The Challenges and Possibilities of Curricular Multiculturalism
Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth
Journal Article Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Supreme Court and the Production of Historical Truth. By Pamela Brandwein. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. xii, 272 pp. Cloth, $49.95, ISBN 0-8223-2284-6. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-8223-2316-8.) Get access Howard Ball Howard Ball University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, De…
Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience
Journal Article Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience. By Howard Ball. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. x, 288 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-7006-0977-6.) Get access Robert Edwin Herzstein Robert Edwin Herzstein University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1101–11…
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