TY - BOOK AU - Kloppenberg,Lisa A. TI - The best beloved thing is justice: the life of Dorothy Wright Nelson T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197608609 (ebook) : AV - KF373.N45 K56 2022 U1 - 347.7314092 23 PY - 2022///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Nelson, Dorothy Wright, KW - Judges KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Law teachers KW - Women judges KW - Mediation KW - Justice, Administration of N1 - Also issued in print: 2022; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Dorothy Wright Nelson was a prominent federal judge on the level just below the U.S. Supreme Court for over 40 years. Although women had few opportunities in law when she graduated, she became one of the first female law professors and deans. The book offers an in-depth look at her life and her rise as a national expert in what is now the major field of alternative dispute resolution or conflict resolution. Featuring extensive interviews with judges, professors, and legal leaders, they offer first-hand accounts and multiple perspectives on how she was an extraordinary trailblazer in a traditional, male-dominated profession UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197608579.001.0001 ER -