Laughing at the gods : great judges and how they made the common law /

"Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players--judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hutchinson, Allan C., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Judges > Biography.
Common law > History.
Judge-made law > History.
Common law > Histoire.
Droit créé par le juge > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
LAW > Courts.
Common law
Judge-made law
Judges
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In search of great judges : playing by their own rules
  • Lord Mansfield : a long journey
  • John Marshall : a founding judge
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : the magnificent yankee
  • James Atkin : an ordinary person
  • Tom Denning : an English gardener
  • Thurgood Marshall : a man on a mission
  • Bertha Wilson : making the difference
  • Albie Sachs : of struggles and lies
  • Judging the future : a leap in the dark.

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