| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 955 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Louisville roots -- Harvard, St. Louis, and back -- Warren & Brandeis -- First steps -- Alice -- Traction and utilities -- A perfect reform -- Taking on Morgan -- An attorney for the people -- Democracy in the workplace -- The Pinchot-Ballinger affair -- Railroad interludes -- The curse of bigness -- National politics -- A snapshot of Mr. Brandeis -- The new freedom -- Men! money! discipline! -- Nomination -- Settling in -- Extrajudicial activities: I -- Zionism, 1917-1921 -- War and speech--and Holmes -- Brandeis and Taft -- The Taft court and legal classicism -- A new agenda : the court and civil liberties -- Extrajudicial activities : II -- Depression -- The new deal -- Extrajudicial activities : III -- The passing of Isaiah. |
| Summary |
The first full-scale biography in 25 years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court--a book that reveals not only Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, but also Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit. |
| Subject |
Brandeis, Louis D., 1856-1941.
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Brandeis, Louis D., 1856-1941. |
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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Judges. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
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Lawyers. |
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Practice of law -- United States -- History.
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Practice of law. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780375423666 |
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0375423664 |
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