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Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era / David M. Dorsen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) : 2 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674064393
  • 9780674064935
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/14092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • KF8745.F75 D67 2012eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Early Years -- Chapter Two. Private Practice -- Chapter Three. Nomination and Confirmation -- Chapter Four. Getting Started -- Chapter Five. Judge Friendly -- Chapter Six. Law Clerks -- Chapter Seven. Judges and Justices -- Chapter Eight. Away from the Court house -- Chapter Nine. First Amendment -- Chapter Ten. Fifth Amendment -- Chapter Eleven. Other Bill of Rights Amendments -- Chapter Twelve. Other Constitutional Provisions -- Chapter Thirteen. Habeas Corpus -- Chapter Fourteen. Nonconstitutional Criminal Procedure -- Chapter Fifteen. Specific Crimes -- Chapter Sixteen. Business Law -- Chapter Seventeen. Intellectual Property -- Chapter Eighteen. Management and Labor -- Chapter Nineteen. Railroad Reorganization -- Chapter Twenty. Administrative Law -- Chapter Twenty-one. Common Law and Federal Common Law -- Chapter Twenty-two. Federal Court Jurisdiction -- Chapter Twenty-three. Other Procedural Issues -- Chapter Twenty-four. At the End -- Chapter Twenty-five. Friendly's Legacy -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: 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, David M. Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life.During his time on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1959-1986), Judge Friendly was revered as a conservative who exemplified the tradition of judicial restraint. But he demonstrated remarkable creativity in circumventing precedent and formulating new rules in multiple areas of the law. Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era describes the inner workings of Friendly's chambers and his craftsmanship in writing opinions. His articles on habeas corpus, the Fourth Amendment, self-incrimination, and the reach of the state are still cited by the Supreme Court. Dorsen draws on extensive research, employing private memoranda between the judges and interviews with all fifty-one of Friendly's law clerks-a veritable Who's Who that includes Chief Justice John R. Roberts, Jr., six other federal judges, and seventeen professors at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and elsewhere. In his Foreword, Judge Richard Posner writes: "David Dorsen has produced the most illuminating, the most useful, judicial biography that I have ever read . . . We learn more about the American judiciary at its best than we can learn from any other . . . Some of what I've learned has already induced me to make certain changes in my judicial practice."
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Early Years -- Chapter Two. Private Practice -- Chapter Three. Nomination and Confirmation -- Chapter Four. Getting Started -- Chapter Five. Judge Friendly -- Chapter Six. Law Clerks -- Chapter Seven. Judges and Justices -- Chapter Eight. Away from the Court house -- Chapter Nine. First Amendment -- Chapter Ten. Fifth Amendment -- Chapter Eleven. Other Bill of Rights Amendments -- Chapter Twelve. Other Constitutional Provisions -- Chapter Thirteen. Habeas Corpus -- Chapter Fourteen. Nonconstitutional Criminal Procedure -- Chapter Fifteen. Specific Crimes -- Chapter Sixteen. Business Law -- Chapter Seventeen. Intellectual Property -- Chapter Eighteen. Management and Labor -- Chapter Nineteen. Railroad Reorganization -- Chapter Twenty. Administrative Law -- Chapter Twenty-one. Common Law and Federal Common Law -- Chapter Twenty-two. Federal Court Jurisdiction -- Chapter Twenty-three. Other Procedural Issues -- Chapter Twenty-four. At the End -- Chapter Twenty-five. Friendly's Legacy -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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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, David M. Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life.During his time on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1959-1986), Judge Friendly was revered as a conservative who exemplified the tradition of judicial restraint. But he demonstrated remarkable creativity in circumventing precedent and formulating new rules in multiple areas of the law. Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era describes the inner workings of Friendly's chambers and his craftsmanship in writing opinions. His articles on habeas corpus, the Fourth Amendment, self-incrimination, and the reach of the state are still cited by the Supreme Court. Dorsen draws on extensive research, employing private memoranda between the judges and interviews with all fifty-one of Friendly's law clerks-a veritable Who's Who that includes Chief Justice John R. Roberts, Jr., six other federal judges, and seventeen professors at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and elsewhere. In his Foreword, Judge Richard Posner writes: "David Dorsen has produced the most illuminating, the most useful, judicial biography that I have ever read . . . We learn more about the American judiciary at its best than we can learn from any other . . . Some of what I've learned has already induced me to make certain changes in my judicial practice."

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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