Leadership on the federal bench the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein /

Main Author: Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10476913
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300 |a xx, 398 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a "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). 
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