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Author Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-

Title Leadership on the federal bench [electronic resource] : the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein / by Jeffrey B. Morris.

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description xx, 398 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "All the facts of real life revealed in our work" : the "job" of a federal district judge -- The years before appointment to the bench, 1921-67 -- The political and legal environment within which Jack Weinstein judged : the nation and the district, 1967-2007 -- Characteristics of Jack Weinstein's judging -- "An activist seeker of troublesome issues" : Jack Weinstein's first decade on the bench, 1967-76 -- "Making the unequal equal through the alchemy of the law :" growing renown, 1977-86 -- "Imaginative reformer" and "vindicator of the ideal of a judge" : Jack Weinstein's work, 1987-96 -- "Under the blindfold, does justice weep?" : Jack Weinstein and sentencing -- "Feeling like the Man of la Mancha pursuing enamored justice" : Jack Weinstein's judicial work, 1997-2007 -- Bringing justice to large groups of people : mass torts and class actions (I) -- Bringing justice to large groups of people : mass torts and class actions (II).
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Weinstein, Jack B.
United States. District Court (New York : Eastern District) -- Biography.
Judges -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199772414 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199877652 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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