Biography of former justice exudes intellect, integrity

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 27, 2012

~~<p>If your idealism needs a reboot, read political historian Tom Coffman's new book "I Respectfully Dissent," a biography of the late labor lawyer and Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Nakamura.</p>
<p>Nakamura, one of many nisei veterans who returned from World War II to join the Democratic Party and ILWU in transforming island society, was a leading mind behind much of Hawaii's landmark social legislation, some of our most lasting common law and pivotal uprisings over Sandy Beach development and the Bishop Estate.</p>
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If your idealism needs a reboot, read political historian Tom Coffman's new book "I Respectfully Dissent," a biography of the late labor lawyer and Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Edward H. Nakamura.

Nakamura, one of many nisei veterans who returned from World War II to join the Democratic Party and ILWU in transforming island society, was a leading mind behind much of Hawaii's landmark social legislation, some of our most lasting common law and pivotal uprisings over Sandy Beach development and the Bishop Estate. Login for more...