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001 2011005306
003 DLC
005 20110718094659.0
008 110204s2011 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2011005306
020 $a9780199772414 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-ny
050 00 $aKF373.W3485$bM67 2011
082 00 $a347.73/14092$aB$222
100 1 $aMorris, Jeffrey Brandon,$d1941-
245 10 $aLeadership on the federal bench :$bthe craft and activism of Jack Weinstein /$cby Jeffrey B. Morris.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2011.
300 $axx, 398 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes 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 : 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).
600 10 $aWeinstein, Jack B.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDistrict Court (New York : Eastern District)$vBiography.
650 0 $aJudges$zNew York (State)$vBiography.