Leadership on the federal bench : the craft and activism of Jack Weinstein /
Morris, Jeffrey Brandon,1941-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2011.
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 : nation and the district, 1967 to date -- 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" : Weinstein's judicial work, 1997-2007 and beyond -- 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).
Weinstein, Jack B.
United States. District Court (New York : Eastern District)
Judges