Louis D. Brandeis: A Life
Melvin I. Urofsky
The first full-scale biography in twenty-five years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court–a book that reveals Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, and Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit. A huge and galvanizing biography, a revelation of one man's effect on American society and jurisprudence, and the electrifying story of his time.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Schocken
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9780307378583
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Supreme Court justiceAmerican legal historyProgressive era reform
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2009)
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