Leadership on the federal bench : the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein / / by Jeffrey B. Morris.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Morris, Jeffrey Brandon, 1941-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xx, 398 p. :; ill.

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).