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02803aam a2200373 a 4500 001 14208D86FAD311E7A45C351A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180116092551 008 110720t20122012enkac b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2011030607 020 $a 1107662761 020 $a 9781107662766 020 $a 1107017262 020 $a 9781107017269 035 $a (OCoLC)743432490 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d VRL $d BWX $d CGU $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a K170 $b .H88 2012 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/K 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hutchinson, Allan C., $d 1951- $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86036425 245 10 $a Laughing at the gods : $b great judges and how they made the common law / $c Allan C. Hutchinson. 246 30 $a Great judges and how they made the common law 264 1 $a Cambridge, U.K. ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c [2012] 300 $a x, 318 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-299) and index. 505 0 $a In search of great judges : playing by their own rules -- Lord Mansfield : a long journey -- John Marshall : a founding judge -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. : the magnificent yankee -- James Atkin : an ordinary person -- Tom Denning : an English gardener -- Thurgood Marshall : a man on a mission -- Bertha Wilson : making the difference -- Albie Sachs : of struggles and lies -- Judging the future : a leap in the dark. 520 $a "Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players--judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as the debate about the purpose and nature of law itself. History shows that those who are generally considered to be candidates for a judicial hall of fame are game changers who oblige us to rethink what it is to be a good judge. So the best of judges must tread a thin line between modesty and hubris; they must be neither mere umpires nor demigods. The eight judges showcased in this book demonstrate that, if the test of good judging is not about getting it right, but doing it well, then the measure of great judging is about setting new standards for what counts as judging well"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Judges $v Biography. 650 0 $a Common law $x History. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87001775 650 0 $a Judge-made law $x History. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116143634.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14208D86FAD311E7A45C351A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search