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Profiles in Judicial Excellence

Territorial and Supreme Court Justices in Nevada

David A Hardy author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Nevada Press

Publishing:25th Feb '25

£33.95

This title is due to be published on 25th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Profiles in Judicial Excellence cover

The Nevada judiciary began with territorial judges appointed by President Abraham Lincoln and transitioned to elected judges after statehood in 1864. The courts officiated by these judges have influenced the evolution of Nevada from a territory created in the chaos of mining litigation; through the expansion of divorce, gaming, and tourism jurisprudence; to what is now a vibrant venue for commercial development and corporate law. Along the way, the state’s judges weighed in on issues of civil liberties, water rights, personal injury, and a variety of other legal subjects affecting all Nevada citizens. The collective work of these courts has solidified the rule of law and allowed Nevadans to live peacefully.

Until the publication of Judge David A. Hardy’s Profiles in Judicial Excellence: Territorial and Supreme Court Justices of Nevada, there has been no single source containing biographies of these influential figures from the state’s history from 1861 to 1997. Hardy curates various sources and presents profiles of these judges in sequential order of their service. He also examines the influence of territorial judges in the 1864 vote for statehood. The Nevada judiciary has played an integral, but often unrecognized, role in shaping the unique character of the Silver State.

“Judge Hardy offers us a much-needed history of the territorial judiciary of Nevada, warts and all, and how the machinations of that early judiciary played such a major role in Nevada becoming a state. His knowledge of the state’s early judiciary system is unsurpassed. This will be a book of considerable interest to devotees of Nevada history.” —James Richardson, JD, PhD, professor emeritus of sociology and judicial studies, 1989 Foundation Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
 
Profiles in Judicial Excellence will leave its readers knowing more about the history of Nevada’s territorial and Supreme Court justices than they could find in any other book. Hardy’s research is well organized, balanced, and beautifully written.” —Kristina Pickering, Nevada Supreme Court Justice, lifetime member of the American Law Institute

ISBN: 9781647791858

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm

Weight: 454g

270 pages