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Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era.

Dorsen, David M.

Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (513 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Judge Richard A. Posner -- Introduction -- 1. Early Years -- 2. Private Practice -- 3. Nomination and Confirmation -- 4. Getting Started -- 5. Judge Friendly -- 6. Law Clerks -- 7. Judges and Justices -- 8. Away from the Courthouse -- 9. First Amendment -- 10. Fifth Amendment -- 11. Other Bill of Rights Amendments -- 12. Other Constitutional Provisions -- 13. Habeas Corpus -- 14. Nonconstitutional Criminal Procedure -- 15. Specific Crimes -- 16. Business Law -- 17. Intellectual Property -- 18. Management and Labor -- 19. Railroad Reorganization -- 20. Administrative Law -- 21. Common Law and Federal Common Law -- 22. Federal Court Jurisdiction -- 23. Other Procedural Issues -- 24. At the End -- 25. Friendly's Legacy -- Appendix A: Friendly's Clerks -- Appendix B: Friendly's Published Nonjudicial Writings -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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.

9780674064935


Friendly, Henry J.
Judges-United States-Biography.


Electronic books.

KF8745

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