In Pursuit of Right and Justice : : Edward Weinfeld as Lawyer and Judge / / William E Nelson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Nelson, William E,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Ano de Publicação: 2004
• Idioma: English
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Always a New Yorker --; 2. Youth --; 3. Getting Started --; 4. Family --; 5. Politics and Public Service --; 6. Friendship --; 7. The Making of a Judge --; 8. The Patriarch: Edward Weinfeld’s Judicial Style --; 9. The Liberal: Edward Weinfeld’s Judicial Values --; 10. Teacher and Mentor --; 11. The Judge as Societal Advisor --; 12. The Blessings and Tribulations of Age --; 13. And the Just Shall Bring Forth Wisdom --; Notes --; Index --; About the Author
• Resumo: In Pursuit of Right and Justice chronicles the life of the United States District Court's Judge Edward Weinfeld, from his humble Lower East Side origins to his distinction as one of the nation's most respected federal judges. Judge Edward Weinfeld's personal growth and socio-economic mobility provides an excellent illustration of how Catholics and Jews descended from turn-of-the-century immigrants were assimilated into the mainstream of New York and American life during the course of the twentieth century. Weinfeld left a rich collection of personal papers that William E. Nelson examines, which depict the compromises and sacrifices Weinfeld had to make to attain professional advancement. Weinfeld's jurisprudence remained closely tied to his own personal values and to the historical contexts in which cases came to his court. Nelson aptly describes how Weinfeld strove to avoid making new law. He tried to make decisions on preexisting rules or bedrock legal principles; he achieved just results by searching for and finding facts that called those rules into play. Weinfeld's vision of justice was simultaneously a liberal one that enabled him to develop law that reflected societal change, and an apolitical one that did not rest on contested policy judgments.
• Formato: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814759097; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814759097.001.0001
• Acesso: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William E Nelson.

In Pursuit of Right and Justice chronicles the life of the United States District Court's Judge Edward Weinfeld, from his humble Lower East Side origins to his distinction as one of the nation's most respected federal judges. Judge Edward Weinfeld's personal growth and socio-economic...