Fundamental Liberties of a Free People, 1952-1978

1952-1960, 1963-1964, 1972-1973, 1976, 1978. Correspondence with Cornell University Press about Konvitz's book, Fundamental Liberties of a Free People. Letters from Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William O. Douglas thanking Konvitz for copies of his book. Douglas comments that he found the book to be extremely provocative and the best over-all summary and critique that he has read of the First Amendment problems and their treatment by the Court (March 27, 1958). Correspondence with Professor Walter Gellhorn, Department of Law at Columbia University, who nominated Konvitz's book the Sidney Hillman Award (January 13, 1958). Correspondence with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. Professor Konvitz mentions that he has been criticized for being too lenient toward Douglas and Justice Black and too critical toward Justice Frankfurter (December 4, 1957).