I Respectfully Dissent : : A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura / / Tom Coffman.

• VerfasserIn: Coffman, Tom,
• MitwirkendeR: Lowenthal, Ben,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2012]; 2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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