Cardozo

Cardozo PDF

Author: Richard A. Posner

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-08-05

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 022671568X

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What makes a great judge? How are reputations forged? Why do some reputations endure, while others crumble? And how can we know whether a reputation is fairly deserved? In this ambitious book, Richard Posner confronts these questions in the case of Benjamin Cardozo. The result is both a revealing portrait of one of the most influential legal minds of our century and a model for a new kind of study—a balanced, objective, critical assessment of a judicial career. "The present compact and unflaggingly interesting volume . . . is a full-bodied scholarly biography. . . .It is illuminating in itself, and will serve as a significant contribution."—Paul A. Freund, New York Times Book Review

Justices, Presidents, and Senators

Justices, Presidents, and Senators PDF

Author: Henry Julian Abraham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780847696055

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This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.

Justices, Presidents, and Senators

Justices, Presidents, and Senators PDF

Author: Henry J. Abraham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2007-12-24

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 1461602483

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Totally revised and updated, this classic history of the 110 members of the U.S. Supreme Court addresses the vital questions of why individual justices were nominated to the highest court, how their nominations were received, whether the appointees ultimately lived up to the expectations of the American public, and what their legacy was on the development of American law and society. Enhanced by photographs of every justice from 1789 to 2007.

The World of Benjamin Cardozo

The World of Benjamin Cardozo PDF

Author: Richard Polenberg

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780674960527

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As one of America's most influential judges, first on New York State's Court of Appeals and then on the U.S. Supreme Court, Cardozo oversaw legal transformation daily. How he arrived at his rulings, with their far-reaching consequences, becomes clear in this book, the first to explore the connections between Cardozo's life and his jurisprudence.

Frontiers of Legal Theory

Frontiers of Legal Theory PDF

Author: Richard A. Posner

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 0674013603

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The most exciting development in legal thinking since World War II has been the growth of interdisciplinary legal studies. Judge Richard Posner has been a leader in this movement, and his new book explores its rapidly expanding frontier.