The Paradoxes of Legal Science, Frederick Bernays Wiener's Copy

1928. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928.. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. From the Library of Frederick Bernays Wiener Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. The Paradoxes of Legal Science. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. v, 142, [1] pp. Original cloth, gilt title to spine, blind frames to boards, gilt Columbia University Press crest to center of front board. Light shelfwear, light fading to spine, some fraying to head of spine, owner signature in pencil (Charles L. Keltz) and bookplate of Frederick Bernays Wiener to front pastedown, moderate toning to interior. $350. * First edition, first printing. One of Cardozo's most important books, The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a classic statement of juristic pragmatism. As Goodhart has pointed out, it also reveals the non-legal sources, such as Greek philosophy, that informed his work. At the time of this book's publication Cardozo was the chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a post he held until his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1932. Wiener [1906-1996] was an authority on military and constitutional law. He had a long career in government, the U.S. Army (active and Reserve) and academia. While a lawyer in the Solicitor General's Office he successfully argued the landmark 1957 Supreme Court case Reid v. Covert, which established that non-military U.S. citizens outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the United States cannot be tried by a U.S. military tribunal. They retain the protections guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Goodhart, The Jewish Lawyers of the Common Law 59-60.