TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Jeffrey Brandon ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Leadership on the federal bench: the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein AV - KF373.W3485 M67 2011eb U1 - 347.73/14092B 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Weinstein, Jack B. KW - United States KW - District Court (New York : Eastern District) KW - Biography KW - Judges KW - New York (State) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476913 ER -