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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, William E., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weinfeld, Edward, 1901-1988.

Weinfeld, Edward.

United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)--Biography.

United States.

Judges--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Judges.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780814758946

0814758940

9780814759097

0814759092

OCLC:

782878000