Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P13 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 108 BRANDEIS LOUIS DEMBITZ reform by serving as unpaid counsel in several public interest cases. Brandeis was one of the first . lawyers to offer pro bono services free legal services for people unable to afford an attorney . Along with a passionate belief in the virtue of volunteer legal work Brandeis had a sense of fairness that compelled him to compensate his firm for any time spent in public service. Brandeis worked without a fee to fight monopolistic streetcar franchises in Boston and to improve the questionable practices of life insurance companies. One of his most satisfying achievements was the creation of a savings bank plan that enabled people to obtain life insurance at reasonable rates. Brandeis also argued for the constitutionality of maximum hour and MINIMUM WAGE laws. In 1914 Brandeis published Other People s Money and How the Bankers Use It a denunciation of trusts and investment banking. The book helped inspire important antitrust legislation and earned the antipathy of many . bankers and businesspeople. Brandeis also created a new style of legal writing appropriately called the Brandeis brief. With his sister-in-law Josephine Goldmark of the National Consumer s League Brandeis produced the first legal brief to include copious supporting data. For Muller v. State of Oregon 208 . 412 28 S. Ct. 324 52 L. Ed. 551 1908 Brandeis wrote more than one hundred pages in favor of an Oregon state law mandating a maximum ten-hour workday for women. Later when asked for an appropriate title for the seminal Muller brief Brandeis replied What Any Fool Knows. In the document he described the deleterious physical and mental effects on women of extended periods of manual labor. He included references to sociology psychology history politics employment statistics and economics this method of amassing data from several different disciplines to persuade the court became popular with other lawyers. The legal principles of the case were discussed in about two .
