Holmes and Frankfurter : their correspondence, 1912-1934 /
Nearly four hundred previously unpublished letters capture the essence of an extraordinary and in some ways unlikely friendship between one of America's preeminent jurists and a younger, reform-minded colleague who would himself one day ascend to the Supreme Court. Oliver Wendell Holmes was sev...
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| Language: | English |
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Hanover, N.H. :
University Press of New England,
c1996
Hanover, NH : University of New Hampshire : University Press of New England, 1996 Hanover, NH : University of New Hampshire ; University Press of New England, [1996], ©1996 Hanover, NH : c1996 Hanover, NH : ©1996 Hanover, NH : c1996 |
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| Summary: | Nearly four hundred previously unpublished letters capture the essence of an extraordinary and in some ways unlikely friendship between one of America's preeminent jurists and a younger, reform-minded colleague who would himself one day ascend to the Supreme Court. Oliver Wendell Holmes was seventy-one when he was introduced to fiery, effervescent Felix Frankfurter, who had come to Washington at age thirty to serve President Taft The two couldn't have had more different backgrounds: Holmes was a Civil War hero of Boston Brahmin stock, while Frankfurter was a Jewish immigrant whose reformist views would lead him to help found the American Civil Liberties Union and act as key advisor to Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal With an introduction that provides historical background and annotations that supply context for cases mentioned, this unique collection illuminates a strong and mutually satisfying personal and professional relationship between two men whose exchanges on the meaning of law in general and American law in particular, the editors write, "found expression in their work and influenced legal and political change in their own lifetimes and in ours as well." |
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| Item Description: | Includes index This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | p. cm xlii, 302 p. ; 24 cm xlii, 302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281) and indexes Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-282) and index Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references and indexes Includes bigliographical references (p. 281-282) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0874517583 9780874517583 (alk. paper) 9780874517583 |