Brandeis: A Free Man’s Life by Alpheus Thomas Mason

“There could be no doubt that [Brandeis: A unfastened Man’s existence] is a triumph of study and association, transparent, detailed and accomplished. Mr. Mason has quoted copiously from Brandeis’ speeches, letters and judicial reviews. He has delved deeply into company funds and criminal technicalities. you'll no longer kind of ask for additional info approximately Brandeis than Mr. Mason has assembled...” — Orville Prescott, the hot York Times

“Professor Mason has written greater than an authoritative list and interpretation of what he calls in his suggestive subtitle ‘A unfastened Man’s Life.’ This stimulating, hugely readable booklet is usually a chronicle of the approaches of yankee democracy at paintings. this can be a biography with a bigger which means — on all counts, it merits a large audience.” — Harvey Bresler, the hot York Times

“In a good biography the writer has performed complete justice to a good guy — and given it a symbolism that makes it almost a composite of yank social background in the course of a part century. Rooted in years of research, evidenced via past courses on Brandeis, the biographer finds to his readers Louis Brandeis, the people’s legal professional who turned a Justice of the preferrred courtroom. He has performed an impressive task, masking each section of his existence, with major specialise in his expert and public carrier, yet with adequate of his own lifestyles, sufficient of his buddies — and his enemies — and the personalities who crossed his course, sufficient of anecdote and minor incident, to offer the booklet- and its topic — lasting vitality.” — Kirkus Reviews

“[Brandeis’] lifestyles, as Professor Mason recounts it, used to be an never-ending sequence of reasons and campaigns. He threw himself into them with gusto. He acknowledged of himself that he ‘would relatively struggle than eat.’... [Brandeis] used to be certainly an outstanding guy, as Mr. Mason’s biography makes transparent. it truly is essentially a public and political biography; the intimate guy is implied instead of defined. yet Professor Mason in the limits he has set has performed a best suited task of analysis; he has advised the tale in nice element with care, precision, and detachment... He has performed good to cite copiously from Brandeis who spoke and wrote with verve and with an eye fixed to schooling and action.” — Louis L. Jaffe,University of Chicago legislation Review

“[A] more suitable, full-length biography... [Brandeis] used to be the arch foe of monopoly in undefined, stood out opposed to the closed store in hard work kinfolk, and had no religion in socialism. constantly, as Professor Mason stresses many times, his process used to be to accomplish entire mastery of the proof with regards to any challenge within which he got interested after which to advertise what he deemed to be sound strategies, enlisting reduction in each achieveable sector; maintaining a circulate of advocacy and remark, signed and unsigned; stimulating others to do likewise; and giving of his substance in addition to of his time and effort to nearly each reason he attacked-leaving not anything to likelihood and no stone unturned. All this as a personal citizen, whereas training legislation within the urban of Boston... All hail... to Professor Mason for featuring us with this complete size background of the embodiment of a dwelling excellent. Into it have long gone exhaustive learn of the correspondence and files and firsthand wisdom of the topic. This publication will surely be extensively learn, accurately; and because it is learn, the Brandeis impression could be reinforced and lengthy in American lifestyles. any such paintings is an important contribution to society, in addition to a resource of never-ending excitement to the reader.” — Ralph F. Fuchs, Texas legislations Review