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Brandeis : A Free Man's Life / Alpheus Thomas Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Alpheus Thomas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brandeis, Louis D., 1856-1941.
- Brandeis, Louis D.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 713 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The Viking Press, 1946.
- Summary:
- This biography of the twenty-three-year veteran of the Supreme Court provides an authoritative record of his career as well as a personal appraisal of his character, the influences that shaped him, and the impress that he made on law and life.
- Contents:
- Part I. Heritage. In quest of freedom: the forty-eighters ; Youth and schooling in an expanding world ; Cambridge and St. Louis in the 1870s ; Boston: hub of the universe ; The Brandeis way of life and law Part II. New England battles. Breaking with Bourbonism ; The Boston traction contest, 1897-1911 ; Setting the stage for civic reform, 1902-1907 ; The sliding-scale rate principle, 1904-1907 ; Justice to employer and employee, 1902-1907 ; Old services for new needs, 1905-1941 ; The New Haven Railway: building an empire, 1905-1909 ; The New Haven Railway: an empire crumbles, 1909-1914 ; The United Shoe Machinery conflict, 1899-1912 ; Munitions for Bourbonism, 1892-1910 Part III. On the national stage. More life in the law, 1908-1914 ; The Ballinger-Pinchot conservation feud, 1910 ; The Contoller Bay fiasco, 1911 ; Democracy in the garment trades, 1910-1916 ; Explaining science to the railroads, 1910-1911 ; All sides and angles of the railroad rate situation, 1913-1914 ; Spotlighting the trusts, 1911-1912 Part IV. In national politics. Progressive politics and La Follette, 1911-1912 ; Finding his captain, 1912 ; Marooned, 1912-1913 ; Steering with the Wilson tide, 1913-1915 ; International justice and the Jews, 1912-1921 ; The Supreme Court fight: alignment ; The Supreme Court fight: victory Part V. In the temple of law. Charting his course ; Wilson's adviser, Taft's colleague ; Trade unionism and public utilities ; The tangled web of freedom ; Holmes and Brandeis dissenting ; Extrajudicial activities ; Crusader amid prosperity and depression ; The New Deal: yes and no ; Fulfillment: the prophet passes ; A free man's search.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (The Viking Press, viewed August 8, 2023).
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