Henry Friendly, Greatest Judge of His Era

by David M. Dorsen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674064399
• ISBN13: 9780674064393
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"