Louis Brandeis
Louis Brandeis · Philosophy & Social Sciences
US Supreme Court Justice; co-author of the seminal 'The Right to Privacy' and pioneer of the fact-based 'Brandeis brief'
1856, Louisville, Kentucky, United States — 1941, Washington, D.C., United States
United States
Louis Brandeis is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — US Supreme Court Justice; co-author of the seminal 'The Right to Privacy' and pioneer of the fact-based 'Brandeis brief'
Brandeis was a US Supreme Court Justice, the first Jew appointed to the Court (1916), and a pioneering legal reformer. He co-authored 'The Right to Privacy', an article that shaped American privacy law, and invented the fact-laden 'Brandeis brief', grounding legal argument in social and economic evidence. He was a committed leader of American Zionism.
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US Supreme Court Justice; co-author of the seminal 'The Right to Privacy' and pioneer of the fact-based 'Brandeis brief'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
