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Cardozo : a study in reputation / Richard A. Posner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Posner, Richard A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cardozo, Benjamin N. (Benjamin Nathan), 1870-1938.
- Cardozo, Benjamin N.
- Judges--United States--Biography.
- Judges.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Life, the Person, the Reputation
- 2. Cardozo's Judicial Philosophy
- 3. Cardozo's Judicial Technique
- 4. Reputation in General
- 5. Cardozo's Reputation: Measures of Magnitude
- 6. Cardozo's Judicial Contribution
- 7. A Summary with Comparisons
- Epilogue: Vistas in Research
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Posner, Richard A. Cardozo
- ISBN:
- 0-226-71568-X
- OCLC:
- 1336991858
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