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This book is a testimonial for all of those who can still believe in the nobility of law the capacity, as Fiss says, of law working itself pure. This is an enormously important message, and it surely deserves to be heard at a time when idealism and faith in law are in very short supply in this country.--Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University

In his elegant portraits of leading legal figures of our day, Fiss brilliantly captures a particular moment in the recent history of liberalism, one full of the promise that law could make good on its twin commitments to liberty and equality. An important, timely, and unexpectedly moving book.--Lawrence Douglas, Amherst College This book is a testimonial for all of those who can still believe in the nobility of law--the capacity, as Fiss says, of 'law working itself pure.' This is an enormously important message, and it surely deserves to be heard at a time when idealism and faith in law are in very short supply in this country.--Stanley N. Katz, Princeton University Fiss, an eminent constitutional scholar, offers a warm and generous reflection on the men and women who shaped his life in the law.--Michael O'Donnell New York Times Book Review (04/27/2017) One of the greatest teachers I've ever had...A master teacher who had a clear view of the law as an engine of justice and of fundamental values...This book is a book about thirteen of Owen's greatest teachers and his vision of the law and his heroes in the law--the people who inspired him to carry on this torch of reason. He calls one of his teachers, Aharon Barak, an apostle of the Enlightenment and that's what Owen Fiss is.--Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center

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Owen Fiss is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale University.

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