Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-269).

The quest begins -- A whirlwind of idealism: Young Joe -- Calm before the storm: the judiciary in the 1950s -- A quick start: corruption and cavalier attitudes -- Setting precedents: the early cases -- The early cases: seemingly innocuous, but ... -- Drug laws: tough but with reservations -- Constitutionality: the Fourteenth Amendment and the states -- Light in a dark period -- The Commies are coming: mine-smelter and Hollywood -- First Commie trial: Salt of the Earth -- The first Jencks's case: quick and simple? -- Matusow and Jencks: false witness, contempt and discovery -- Aftermath: Jencks, Mine-Mill and no calamity in Joe -- Tenacity Calamia style -- The 1960s: Judge Thomason passes the torch -- Clanahan: even "La Migra" deserves a fair trial -- Nagell: discovery, insanity, clear and convincing evidence -- Federal judges: attitudes and the law of contempt -- Fernandez and the Fifth: no silver platter for the federal taxman -- Muniz and Habeas Corpus: no Mexican Americans in a grand jury -- Change and reflection -- 1970s and beyond: turmoil and change -- Pate and filing fees: now Chuy de la O can run for mayor -- Judge v. Judge: investigative grand juries -- Jones: crimes of sudden passion and reflection.

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