Book Independence Corrupted

 

Charles Benjamin Schudson, Judge Emeritus, told about his book "Independence Corrupted" during the club's Nov. 19 meeting. The book is about his judicial experiences as well as American constitutional history and evolving concepts of “independence” and “corruption.” His book has been nominated for the Chautauqua Prize, the ABA Silver Gavel Award, and the National Book Award. Schudson is a Wisconsin Reserve Judge Emeritus and served as a state and federal prosecutor, a trial and appellate judge, and as an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin. For many years, he served on the faculties of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the National Judicial College. He has taught at countless judicial colleges and conferences throughout America, and in recent years, served as a Fulbright Fellow teaching at law schools abroad. He also co-authored On Trial / America’s Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually Abused Children (Beacon Press, 1989; 2d ed., 1991).