Leadership on the federal bench the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein / [electronic resource] :
by Jeffrey B. Morris.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- xx, 398 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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).
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Weinstein, Jack B.
United States. District Court (New York : Eastern District) --Biography.