Gerald Gunther
Gerald Gunther · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Constitutional law scholar; shaped modern equal-protection doctrine and biographer of Learned Hand
1927, Usingen, Germany — 2002, Stanford, California, United States
Germany · United States
Gerald Gunther is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Constitutional law scholar; shaped modern equal-protection doctrine and biographer of Learned Hand
Gerald Gunther was a leading American constitutional-law scholar at Stanford whose casebook trained generations of lawyers and whose analysis of 'tiers of scrutiny' shaped modern equal-protection doctrine. His acclaimed biography of Judge Learned Hand became a landmark of legal history. Born into a Jewish family in Germany, he fled Nazi persecution and emigrated to the United States as a teenager.
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Constitutional law scholar; shaped modern equal-protection doctrine and biographer of Learned Hand
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
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