Laughing at the gods
Subtitle: great judges and how they made the common law
By: Allan C. Hutchinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781107017269; 9781107662766
Subjects: Common law; Judges; Judge-made law; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: In search of great judges : playing by their own rules; title: Lord Mansfield : a long journey; title: John Marshall : a founding judge; title: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : the magnificent yankee; title: James Atkin : an ordinary person; title: Tom Denning : an English gardener; title: Thurgood Marshall : a man on a mission; title: Bertha Wilson : making the difference; title: Albie Sachs : of struggles and lies; title: Judging the future : a leap in the dark.