A California Supreme Court justice looks at law and society, 1964-1996

About this book

Allen Broussard discusses growing up in Louisiana, and later attending Law School at Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. He talks about his law practice, building a political base, and working with the NAACP, Bay Area African American political leaders, and his service on the Oakland Municipal Court, Alameda Superior Court, and the California Supreme Court, including work with the Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts. He closes with a discussion of his retirement. 3 volumes: 1991-92 Public hearings on racial & ethnic bias in the California state court system (1993); Fairness in the California state courts (1993); and, Racial and ethnic composition of the California trial courts (1995).