Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment

by Brad Snyder and Brad Snyder

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The conventional wisdom about Felix Frankfurter--Harvard law professor and Supreme Court justice--is that he struggled to fill the seat once held by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Scholars have portrayed Frankfurter as a judicial failure, a liberal lawyer turned conservative justice, and the Warren Court's principal villain. And yet none of these characterizations rings true.

A pro-government, pro-civil rights liberal who rejected shifting political...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1324004878

ISBN13:9781324004875

Release Date:August 2022

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:992 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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