| Description |
xx, 704 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The early years -- Learned Hand and Frances Fincke -- From Wall Street lawyer to federal district judge -- The marriage and its tensions -- The peak of political enthusiasm : Herbert Croly, Theodore Roosevelt, and the progressive years -- Promotion to the Second Circuit -- The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in the 1920s and 1930s : Hand as first among equals -- Achieving national renown during the nation's complacent years, 1919-1928 -- The Hoover years and Hand's missed chance for promotion to the Supreme Court -- The new deal -- The road to war and the break with Lippmann -- The chief judgeship and World War II -- The last chance for a Supreme Court appointment : the 1942 vacancy -- The postwar years, the Cold War, and McCarthyism -- Active retirement from "regular active service" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hand, Learned, 1872-1961.
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United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) -- Biography.
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2009032660 |
| ISBN |
9780195377774 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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019537777X (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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