The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
Irving R. KaufmanAbout author
- Author's profession: Judge
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 24, 1910
- Died: February 1, 1992
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