Louis D. Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and the New Deal

With an impressive array of original evidence, Dawson reconstructs and analyzes the interaction of three important national figures, and covers with rich detail a subject that others have only touched upon in a more general way. -- Contents: Introduction; 1. Brandeis, Frankfurter, and Roosevelt: The Background of Their New Deal Relationship; 2. The Social Philosophies of Brandeis and Frankfurter; 3. The Interregnum; 4. Launching the New Deal: Recruitment and Personnel; 5. Launching the New Deal: Legislation and the Administrative Agencies; 6. The New Deal in the Doldrums; 7. A New Beginning; 8. The Supreme Court; 9. The Court Fight; 10. The Later New Deal; Conclusion; Appendix: Brandeis's Recovery Program and the Historians; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index