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Billings Learned Hand ( / ˈlɜːrnɪd / LURN-id; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher. He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 and as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second ...
Learned Hand (born Jan. 27, 1872, Albany, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 18, 1961, New York City) was an American jurist whose tough and sometimes profound mind, philosophical skepticism, and faith in the United States were employed throughout a record tenure as a federal judge (52 years, from April 10, 1909, until his death).
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Aug 9, 2023 · Learned Hand. Written by Tobias Gibson, published on August 9, 2023 , last updated on February 18, 2024. Judge Learned Hand, who served as a federal district and appellate judge for more than fifty years, had enormous influence on the understanding of the law in the United States, specifically of the First Amendment.
A Finer Point | Judging, Law & Culture. Learned Hand’s Spirit of Liberty: A Lesson for Our Times. by D. Brooks Smith. Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan | Download PDF Version of Article. It was May 21, 1944 , and over a million people had gathered in New York City’s Central Park for an event that was hailed as “I Am an American Day.”
May 29, 2018 · Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961), American jurist, was a senior judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals that had jurisdiction over Vermont, Connecticut, and districts of New York. Learned Hand was born in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 27, 1872. His father was a leading New York lawyer.
December 1961 Issue. Explore. Learned Hand. One of the greatest judges ever to sit on Ihe federal bench, Learned Hand was passed over by seven Presidents in their appointments to the...
Mar 14, 2016 · In 1944, federal judge Learned Hand gave a speech on the spirit of liberty, in which he reflected: I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes.
