I respectfully dissent
Subtitle: a biography of Edward H. Nakamura
By: Tom Coffman
Publisher: University of Hawai Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780824835729
Subjects: Judges; Labor lawyers; Biography
Description: "Tom Coffman's portrait of Edward Nakamura is both insightful biography and engrossing political history. The arc of the story may sound familiar (the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the GI Bill, Statehood), but it is strewn with surprise, resulting from Nakamura's unshakable creed and unique angle of vision. Translating the political gains of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Nakamura played a central role - unpublicized - in devising arguably the most progressive program of legislation in an American state: universal health care, temporary disability insurance, collective bargaining rights for public workers, and more - all of which forever changed the Hawaiʻi workers' landscape. Vaulted from relative anonymity onto the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, Nakamura was acclaimed for his powerful intellect, his writing, and, most of all, his iron will and integrity. In retirement, he became a dissenting moral force. He fought mismanagement in the State Retirement System, helped to block a highly controversial Supreme Court appointment, and agitated for separating the high court from the Bishop Estate"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: "A Latitude 20 Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Between annexation and Pearl Harbor; title: The transformative war; title: What is life's purpose?; title: A lawyer for workers; title: With justice for all; title: Public servant, inner being; title: The court's scholar; title: The Supreme Court and Bishop Estate; title: The public's conscience; title: The jurisprudence of Justice Edward H. Nakamura / Ben Lowenthal.