Henry Friendly, greatest judge of his era / David M. Dorsen ; foreword by Richard A. Posner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorsen, David M., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friendly, Henry J.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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."

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p.[371]-486) and index.

ISBN:

9780674064935

0674064933

9780674068865

0674068866

OCLC:

794004232