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Author Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-
Title Leadership on the federal bench : the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein / by Jeffrey B. Morris
Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, c2011
Call # KF373.W3485 M67 2011
Descript xx, 398 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliog. 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 : nation and the district, 1967 to date -- 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" : Weinstein's judicial work, 1997-2007 and beyond -- 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)
Subject Weinstein, Jack B
United States. District Court (New York : Eastern District) -- Biography
Judges -- New York (State) -- Biography
ISBN 9780199772414 (hardback : alk. paper)
019977241X (hardback : alk. paper)
OCLC # 701495058
Location Call # Status
 Law Main Collection  KF373.W3485 M67 2011  AVAILABLE