Judgment and Mercy : : The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs / / Martin J. Siegel.
In Judgment and Mercy, Martin J. Siegel offers an insightful and compelling biography of Irving Robert Kaufman, the judge infamous for condemning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for atomic espionage.In 1951, world attention fixed on Kaufman's courtroom as its ambitious young occupant stride...
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Siegel, Martin J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Judgment and Mercy : The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs / Martin J. Siegel. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (448 p.) : 15 b&w halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Funeral -- 1. Isidore Mortem -- 2. Demon Boy Prosecutor -- 3. A Dream Come True -- 4. At Home on the Bench and Park Avenue -- 5. The Trial of the Century -- 6. Worse Than Murder -- 7. Immortality -- 8. Beaten by the Harvards -- 9. Apalachin and the Little Rock of the North -- 10. Elevation and Descent -- 11. The Forgotten Man -- 12. Hippieland -- 13. The Most Cherished Tenet -- 14. Annus Horribilis -- 15. Some Form of Justice -- 16. Keep the Beacon Burning -- Epilogue: “I Can’t Believe I’m Going to Die” -- Note on Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Judgment and Mercy, Martin J. Siegel offers an insightful and compelling biography of Irving Robert Kaufman, the judge infamous for condemning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for atomic espionage.In 1951, world attention fixed on Kaufman's courtroom as its ambitious young occupant stridently blamed the Rosenbergs for the Korean War. To many, the harsh sentences and their preening author left an enduring stain on American justice. But then the judge from Cold War central casting became something unexpected: one of the most illustrious progressive jurists of his day. Upending the simplistic portrait of Judge Kaufman as McCarthyite villain, Siegel shows how his pathbreaking decisions desegregated a Northern school for the first time, liberalized the insanity defense, reformed Attica-era prisons, spared John Lennon from politically motivated deportation, expanded free speech, brought foreign torturers to justice, and more. Still, the Rosenberg controversy lingered. Changing times and revelations of judicial misconduct put Kaufman back under siege decades later. Picketers dogged his footsteps as critics demanded impeachment. And tragedy stalked his family, attributed in part to the long ordeal. Instead of propelling him to the Supreme Court, as Kaufman once hoped, the case haunted him to the end.Absorbingly told, Siegel's biography brings to life a complex man at turns tyrannical and warm, paranoid and altruistic, while revealing intramural Jewish battles over assimilation, class, and patriotism. Judgment and Mercy traces the evolution of American law and politics in the twentieth century and shows how a judge unable to summon mercy for the Rosenbergs nonetheless helped expand freedom for all. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) LEGAL HISTORY & STUDIES. Political Science & Political History. LAW / Legal History. bisacsh Irving Robert Kaufman, Julius and EthelRosenberg. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110751833 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Law 2023 English 9783111319148 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Law 2023 9783111318226 ZDB-23-DGC https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501768538 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501768538 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501768538/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Funeral -- 1. Isidore Mortem -- 2. Demon Boy Prosecutor -- 3. A Dream Come True -- 4. At Home on the Bench and Park Avenue -- 5. The Trial of the Century -- 6. Worse Than Murder -- 7. Immortality -- 8. Beaten by the Harvards -- 9. Apalachin and the Little Rock of the North -- 10. Elevation and Descent -- 11. The Forgotten Man -- 12. Hippieland -- 13. The Most Cherished Tenet -- 14. Annus Horribilis -- 15. Some Form of Justice -- 16. Keep the Beacon Burning -- Epilogue: “I Can’t Believe I’m Going to Die” -- Note on Sources -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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