Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Introduction 1
5. A demand for excellence 6
6. Frankfurter and Brandeis, Mentors 16
7. Harvard Law and the Making of a New Dealer 29
8. The Happy Hotdogs 43
9. Wall Streers Policeman 62
10. Dean of the Harvard Law School 79
11. Freelance New Dealer 92
12. The administrator at War 103
13. Middle East Odyssey 120
14. The Discontented Dean 132
15. Fair Deal Politics and Regulation 140
16. Kennedy Enterprises 156
17. The new Frontier 174
18. What went wrong? 189
19. Afterword 203
20. Manuscripts 209
21. Interviews and oral histories 211
22. Notes 213
23. Index 259