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

• Autore: Morris Jeffrey Brandon <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.73/14092; B
• Soggetto topico: Judges - New York (State)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "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).
• Sommario/riassunto: Leadership on the Federal Bench: The Craft and Activism of Jack Weinstein considers the ways a particularly gifted federal judge seized the opportunities available to district judges to influence the results of the cases before him, and employed the tools available to him to make policy having a national impact. In the book, author Jeffrey Morris considers the ways in which the judge, Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York, has been limited by his position. This book adds to the slim literature about the policy-making role of district judges applying the work of legal historians, p
• Titolo autorizzato: Leadership on the federal bench
• ISBN: 0-19-025997-3; 1-283-13044-0; 9786613130440; 0-19-987765-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789537803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II