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...fostered by the nation's longstanding habit of violence, occurs against a background of street crime, political assassination and an almost obsessive violence in movies and television. It has led many behavioral scientists to begin talking about a national "crisis of violence." In the U.S., warns Psychiatrist Thomas Bittker, "violence is practiced as if it were productive." It may have been so for the Stone Age hunter of mammoths, but in the era of H-bombs it is not only non-productive but distinctly suicidal. Man has become so dangerous to himself that his continued existence has been called...
Professor Arthur Corbin of Yale called Hand "the best we've got" and felt that he would serve with great credit. Professor Boris Bittker called the suggestion "marvelous," while a spokesman for the Yale Law School was "all for honoring Judge Hand in every...
Most of those interviewed agreed with Rodell that Hand "would have been an excellent choice twenty years ago." Schneider stated that the judge's appointment fifteen years ago "would have added lustre to the court." Bittker called him "the most eminent living American judge...
...Bittker called Hastie "a good choice," while Rodell admitted that he "would be better than some." Corbin maintained, however, that "the fact that he is black is not a reason to appoint him," and added that if Hastie were selected, "he would be put on as a political measure...
Yale students have their own advantage because of size. The relative smallness of the school means that their more famous teachers--men like Professors Starges, Boris I. Bittker, Lasswell, McDougal--are always available to talk law and to help students...
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