Law and Politics: Occasional Papers of Felix Frankfurter 1913-1938.
FRANKFURTER, Felix.
Law and Politics: Occasional Papers of Felix Frankfurter 1913-1938.
"Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late": Law and Politics; signed by Felix Frankfurter
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939.
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First edition, early printing of this collection of essays and speeches in which Justice Frankfurter explores the relationship between legal principles and political processes. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Boldly signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper, “Felix Frankfurter- April 29/44.” Very good in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Archibald Mac Leish and E.F. Prichard, Jr. Foreword by Mr. Mac Leish. From the collection of Major Benjamin Namm with his calling card affixed to the top of the signature page with two staples. Uncommon signed.
Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist Felix Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. In the late 1930s, Frankfurter became close friends with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who appointed him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Cardozo. The nomination was met with opposition due to Frankfurter's close relationship with the President and affiliation with special interest groups. The controversy permanently changed the process which had been followed for 150 years, being the first time that a nominee for the Supreme Court appeared in person before the Judiciary Committee.
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