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The Sordid Controversies Of Litigants, Benjamin Cardozo Once Said, Are The Stuff From Which Great And Shining Truths Will Ultimately Be Shaped. As One Of America's Most Influential Judges, First On New York State's Court Of Appeals And Then On The United States Supreme Court, Cardozo (1870-1938) Oversaw This Transformation Daily. How He Arrived At His Rulings, With Their Far-reaching Consequences, Becomes Clear In This Book, The First To Explore The Connections Between Benjamin Cardozo's Life And His Jurisprudence. An Intensely Private Man Whose Friends Destroyed Much Of His Correspondence, Cardozo Has Long Eluded Scrutiny. But Through Extraordinary Effort Richard Polenberg Has Uncovered Letters, Briefs, Transcripts, And Biographical Details To Give Us A Complex Living Picture Of This Man Whose Judicial Opinions Continue To Affect Us.^ Polenberg Describes The Shaping Experiences Of Cardozo's Youth, Among Them The Death Of His Mother When He Was Nine Years Old; Religious Training In The Spanish-portuguese Synagogue; Two Years Of Private Tutoring By Horatio Alger, Jr.; And His Reaction To The Scandal That Prompted His Father To Resign From The New York Supreme Court. Then, In Light O

Author

Richard Polenberg; Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674960510

Subjects

Law, Memoir, Biography