I Respectfully Dissent : A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura / Tom Coffman.
2012
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Title
I Respectfully Dissent : A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura / Tom Coffman.
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Imprint
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Description
1 online resource (192 p.)
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Prologue
Chapter One. Between Annexation and Pearl Harbor
Chapter Two. The Transformative War
Chapter Three. What Is Life's Purpose?
Chapter Four. A Lawyer for Workers
Chapter Five. With Justice for All
Chapter Six. Public Servant, Inner Being
Chapter Seven. The Court's Scholar
Chapter Eight. The Supreme Court and Bishop Estate
Chapter Nine. The Public's Conscience
The Jurisprudence of Justice Edward H. Na kamura
Edward H. Na kamura Endowed Memorial Fund
Supporters
Notes
Index
Contents
Foreword
Prologue
Chapter One. Between Annexation and Pearl Harbor
Chapter Two. The Transformative War
Chapter Three. What Is Life's Purpose?
Chapter Four. A Lawyer for Workers
Chapter Five. With Justice for All
Chapter Six. Public Servant, Inner Being
Chapter Seven. The Court's Scholar
Chapter Eight. The Supreme Court and Bishop Estate
Chapter Nine. The Public's Conscience
The Jurisprudence of Justice Edward H. Na kamura
Edward H. Na kamura Endowed Memorial Fund
Supporters
Notes
Index
Summary
Tom Coffman's portrait of Edward Nakamura is both insightful biography and engrossing political history. The arc of the story may sound familiar (the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the GI Bill, Statehood), but it is strewn with surprise, resulting from Nakamura's unshakable creed and unique angle of vision.Translating the political gains of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Nakamura played a central role-unpublicized-in devising arguably the most progressive program of legislation in an American state: universal health care, temporary disability insurance, collective bargaining rights for public workers, and more-all of which forever changed the Hawai'i worker's landscape.Vaulted from relative anonymity onto the Hawai'i Supreme Court, Nakamura was acclaimed for his powerful intellect, his writing, and, most of all, his iron will and integrity. In retirement, he became a dissenting moral force. He fought mismanagement in the State Retirement System, helped to block a highly controversial Supreme Court appointment, and agitated for separating the high court from the Bishop Estate.28 illus.
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In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Language
English
ISBN
9780824865740
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