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

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Main Author: Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Table of 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).