John T. Noonan, Jr.
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John T. Noonan, Jr. (born October 24, 1936) is a Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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[edit] Bribes 1984
- The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be gratuitously exercised.
- Introduction, p. xi
- In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.
- Part I, Chapter 4, p. 88
- Morals are concerned with what aids or impedes the fulfillment of basic human needs.
- Part V, Chapter 21, p. 692
