Cardozo: A Study in Reputation - Softcover

Posner, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226675564 ISBN 13: 9780226675565

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1993

Synopsis

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. The result is both a revealing portrait of one of the most influential legal minds of our century and a model for a new kind of study—a balanced, objective, critical assessment of a judicial career.

"The present compact and unflaggingly interesting volume . . . is a full-bodied scholarly biography. . . .It is illuminating in itself, and will serve as a significant contribution."—Paul A. Freund, New York Times Book Review

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this ambitious book, Richard Posner confronts these questions in the case of Benjamin Cardozo. The result is both a revealing portrait of one of the most influential legal minds of our century and a model for a new kind of study---a balanced, objective, critical assessment of a judicial career.

About the Author:

Richard A. Posner is a judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a senior lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School. His many books on the application of economics to law include Economic Analysis of Law, now in its fifth edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0226675564
• ISBN 13: 9780226675565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 163