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That Further Shore – A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise de John D. Feerick

That Further Shore – A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise

Autor John D. Feerick, Thomas J. Shelley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mar 2022
This book is the autobiography of a lawyer, born in the Bronx of immigrant parents, who practiced law, served as dean of Fordham Law, participated in framing the Constitution's Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and served as President of the New York City Bar Association and chair of State Commissions on government integrity.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780823299119
ISBN-10: 0823299112
Pagini: 456
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.9 kg
Editura: ME – Fordham University Press

Notă biografică

John Feerick is a professor of law at Fordham Law School and the occupant of the Sidney C. Norris Chair of Law in Public Service. He teaches and writes in areas of the Constitution, legal ethics, and conflict resolution. His books include the third edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications, and From Failing Hands: The Story of Presidential Succession, which was helpful to the framers of the Constitution¿s Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Cuprins

Foreword by Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley | xi
Preface | xv
Introduction | 1
Part I: My Family and Its Irish History
1 What¿s in a Name? | 9
2 Mom¿s and Pop¿s Origins | 14
3 Mom¿s and Pop¿s Childhood | 23
Part II: A New Home in America
4 An American Odyssey | 29
5 Settling in the Bronx | 38
6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family | 46
7 Uncle Pat, Our Life- Long Companion | 58
8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built | 68
Part III: My Salad Days
9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942¿1950 | 75
10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950¿1954 | 80
11 Fordham College, 1954¿1958 | 83
12 Fordham Law School, 1958¿1961 | 90
13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie | 97
Part IV: Career as a Lawyer
14 Learning in Part- Time Jobs | 107
15 Joining a Small Law Firm¿Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 113
16 Leaving Skadden | 126
17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview | 132
18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments | 147
19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears | 154
20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland | 162
21 Leaving the Deanship | 171
22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher | 176
Part V: The Vocation of Service
23 Serving Others | 187
24 The Voluntary Bar | 194
25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye | 199
26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions | 208
27 The Catholic Church | 213
Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem- Solving
28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution | 223
29 Conflicts in the Public Eye | 229
Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors
30 Presidential Succession | 239
31 The Electoral College System | 270
32 Other Constitutional Opportunities | 280
Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics
33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity | 289
34 New York State Ethics Commission | 297
35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission | 304
Part IX: Marriage and Family
36 Our Growing Family | 315
37 Deaths in the Family | 324
38 Roses in December¿Rediscovering Mom and Pop | 335
39 My Family: Immediate and Extended | 343
Part X: On a Personal Note
40 What I Learned | 353
41 Advice to My Grandchildren | 358
Appendixes
A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family | 365
B My Dean¿s Reports | 368
C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal | 380
Acknowledgments | 387
Notes | 389
Index | 419
Photographs follow pages 142 and 302