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Felix Frankfurter

Scholar on the Bench

Helen Shirley Thomas
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Originally published in 1960. Felix Frankfurter, a controversial figure in American judicial history, completed more than twenty-one years of service on the Supreme Court. This book is the first extended treatment of his political performance as a justice. It portrays the influence that he, both as teacher and jurist, exerted in the growth of public law over fifty years. He has exerted his influence not only through his writing but also through his personal acquaintance with many important persons in and out of government service. Beyond examining the career of one man, Thomas opens up a wider...

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Originally published in 1960. Felix Frankfurter, a controversial figure in American judicial history, completed more than twenty-one years of service on the Supreme Court. This book is the first extended treatment of his political performance as a justice. It portrays the influence that he, both as teacher and jurist, exerted in the growth of public law over fifty years. He has exerted his influence not only through his writing but also through his personal acquaintance with many important persons in and out of government service. Beyond examining the career of one man, Thomas opens up a wider window on the history of legal thought. The main value of the book, though, lies in its presentation of the philosophy of one leading twentieth-century educator and jurist.

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Preface
Part I: From Ivory Tower to Marble Halls
Chapter 1. The Making of a Scholar
Chapter 2. New Deal and National Prominence
Part II: Symbolism and Social Unity
Chapter 3. "We Live by Symbols"
Chapter 4

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Preface
Part I: From Ivory Tower to Marble Halls
Chapter 1. The Making of a Scholar
Chapter 2. New Deal and National Prominence
Part II: Symbolism and Social Unity
Chapter 3. "We Live by Symbols"
Chapter 4. Group Conflict in Modern Society
Chapter 5. The Supreme Court and the Interests of Society
Part III: The Uses of History
Chapter 6. History and the Bill of Rights
Chapter 7. History and the Fourteenth Amendment
Chapter 8. Precedents, Doctrines, and Statutes
Part IV: The Constitution as an Instrument of Power
Chapter 9. Subversion and Self-Preservation
Chapter 10. "Preferred Freedoms"-A Negative View
Chapter 11. "It Is a Constitution We Are Expounding"
Part V: Decentralization and Dispersal of Control
Chapter 12. The Court and COngress
Chapter 13. The Institutional Role of the Court
Chapter 14. The Court bewteen Nation and States
Part VI: The Role of the Judge
Chapter 15. "The Man Who Talks So Much"
Chapter 16. Scholar on the Bench
Index

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Helen Shirley Thomas

Helen Shirley Thomas received her PhD, awarded with distinction, from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her work with the aid of several university scholarships and a grant from the Social Science Research Council. She was a member of the Department of Political Science at Goucher College.
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