Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Courts, Legal History, Biography & Memoir, Reference
| Author: | David M. Dorsen | ISBN: | 9780674068865 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David M. Dorsen |
| ISBN: | 9780674068865 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life.
Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life.
