THE JURISPRUDENCE OF MARSHALL,THURGOOD

In this assay, originally presented as a David C. Baum Memorial Lectur e on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights at the University of Illinois Co llege of Law, Professor Mark Tushnet explores the character and contri butions of the late Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Professor Tushnet presents a view of Justice Ma rshall as a true lawyer-statesman, whose professionalism and respect f or legal rules were shaped by his middle-class roots and by his years as a litigator for the civil rights movement. The essay demonstrates t hat these qualities, together with a sense of pragmatism and social ac tivism, are visible in the positions taken by Justice Marshall during his years on the Supreme Court.