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Lädt ... The Enigma of Felix Frankfurtervon H. N. Hirsch
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A recognized, fascinating, and much-cited classic of judicial biography and Supreme Court insight is now available in a new reprint edition--featuring embedded page numbers from prior printings to maintain continuity in citations and referencing. Felix Frankfurter was perhaps the most influential jurist of the 20th century--and one of the most complex men ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Mysteries and apparent contradictions abound. A vibrant and charming friend to many, why are his diaries so full of vitriol against judicial colleagues, especially Douglas and Black? An active Zionist, why did he so zealously enjoy the company of Boston Brahmins, whose snobbery he detested? Most puzzling of all: why did someone known before his appointment to the Court as a civil libertarian--even a radical--become our most famous and persistent advocate for austere judicial restraint? In answering these and other questions, this pathbreaking biography of Frankfurter explores the personality of the man as a key to understanding the Justice. Harry Hirsch sees in Frankfurter's fascinating and complex persona a clue to the biggest mystery of all: the contrast between the brilliant and ambitious young immigrant rising by his intellect and charm to leadership in U.S. academic and political life; and the judge, equally brilliant, but increasingly isolated, embittered, and ineffective. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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It succeeds where you would expect it to as a basic history of the man. It limitedly covers his youth and the author earns his bones in his time from Frankfurter’s time in law school, his early government career in the administrations of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Woodrow Wilson, his time Working under Henry Stimson, his time as a professor at Harvard and during his association with Franklin Roosevelt’ s Presidency where he acted as an advisor and later was elevated to a Supreme Court Justice.
The author adequately covers his growth from professor, to advisor and Supreme Court Justice as well as his basic judicial philosophy which he was often but not always consistent with.
Where the author fails is in his desire to analyze Felix Frankfurter and the various crisis moments in his life which altered him psychologically. This led it from a possible 4 star read to a 3 star read.
I recommend the book but wouldn’t place it on or near the top of the pile. ( )