Michael Beloff

No ordinary judge

The eccentric judge – reformer, feminist and gambler – gets a sensitive hearing in Anthony Lentin’s biography

  • Mr Justice McCardie (1869–1933): Rebel, Reformer, Rogue, Judge

    Anthony Lentin

    Cambridge Scholars, pp. 205

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