Essay by Suman Naresh
This Essay deals with the short, but brilliant, career of Judah Philip Benjamin at the English Bar. It tells of his rapid rise from the position of a lowly junior to the pinnacle of the profession, and of how it came about that a fifty-four-year-old man who had to dine surreptitiously in cheap London restaurants was feted, upon his retirement sixteen years later, by the entire legal establishment of England. It speculates as to the qualities, personal as well as intellectual, that propelled this rise, and analyzes in some detail a case of his in which they are abundantly on display. It will not dispel the mystery surrounding Benjamin the man, but may shed some light on Mr. Benjamin, QC.
About the Author
Suman Naresh. Associate Professor of Law, Tulane Law School.
Citation
70 Tul. L. Rev. 2487 (1996)