Background
Wechsler, Herbert was born on December 4, 1909 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Anna (Weisberger) Wechsler.
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This 2010 Supplement updates the main text with recent developments. Topics discussed include the development and structure of the federal judicial system; cases and controversies; the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; the distribution of judicial power among federal and state courts; review of state court decisions by the Supreme Court; civil actions in the district courts; federal common law; jurisdiction of the district courts; suits challenging official action; limitations on district court jurisdiction; federal habeas corpus; problems of district court jurisdiction; and appellate review of federal decisions.
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The law school casebook provides detailed information on federal courts. This edition includes a reworked chapter involving state sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment, as is the chapter dealing with habeas corpus. All chapters in the book contain revisions to the cases from previous editions. The selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.
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Foundation Press, Inc. Hardcover 1953; 1st Edition. Authors of this seminal work in the field are Henry M. Hart, Jr., Harvard Law, and Herbert Wechsler, Columbia Law. 1446 pp. Size 10 ¼" by 7" by 2 ½". No DJ, as issued. Binding intact; no loose pages. Covers show their age but it's holding together (see photo). Pencil underlining and marginal notes (mine), as well as ink underlining (a less concerned predecessor). Prior owners' names on inside front cover and front free endpaper. Ink markings on leading page edges. Book weight 4.75 lbs.
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This is the 2011 case supplement to Hart and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System, 6th Edition.
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Wechsler, Herbert was born on December 4, 1909 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Anna (Weisberger) Wechsler.
AB, City College of New York, 1928. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1931. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1978.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Chicago, 1962. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1967. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), City University of New York, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Yale University, 1991.
Editor, Columbia University Law Review, 1929-1931;
instructor law, Columbia University, 1931-1932;
assistant professor, Columbia University, 1933-1938;
associate professor, Columbia University, 1938-1945;
professor, Columbia University, since 1945;
Harlan Fiske Stone professor constitutional law, Columbia University, 1957-1978;
emeritus, Columbia University, since 1978;
law secretary to, Mr. Justice Harlan F. Stone, 1932-1933;
counsel to minority leader, New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938;
assistant attorney general of New York (assigned Brooklyn investigation), 1938-1940;
executive secretary, United States Board Legal Examiners, 1941-1942;
member of advisory commission on rules criminal procedure, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1941-1945;
special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1940-1944;
assistant attorney general of the United States, in charge war division, unites states department Justice, 1944-1946;
technical adviser to the United States members, International Military Tribunal, 1945-1946;
visiting professor, Harvard Law School, 1956-1957;
Oliver Wendell Holmes lecturer, Harvard Law School, 1958-1959. American Law Institute reporter Model Penal Code, 1952-1962.
Executive director American Law Institute, 1963-1984, member of council, since 1984. Director Social Science Research Council, 1953.
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Member President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, 1965-1967, New York Temporary Commission Review Penal Law and Criminal Code, 1961-1970. Member permanent committee for Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, 1966-1974. Member committee on review federal court appellate system, 1973-1975.
Chairman New York Judicial Nomination Commission, 1978-1982. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, British Academy (correspondent). Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, Association of Bar of City of New York (past vice president, medal), American Philosophical Society, City College of New York Alumni Association (Townsend Harris medal, Learned Hand award), Order of Coif (honorary).
Clubs: Century Association.
Married Elzie S. Stix, May 29, 1933 (divorced 1957). Married Doris L. Klauber, April 13, 1957.