Este trabajo ofrece un recuento de la vida y obra de Charles Fried, profesor de Derecho en Harvard durante más de seis décadas y procurador general de Estados Unidos por cuatro años, además de juez de la Corte Suprema de Massachussets, con ocasión de su muerte. La necrología esta compuesta de un esbozo biográfico general y un análisis particular de los distintos ámbitos que cubre su trayectoria pública: su docencia, su obra, su personalidad y su pensamiento político.

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Charles Fried (1935-2024): In Memoriam

This work offers an account of the life and work of Charles Fried, Harvard Law Professor for more than six decades and Solicitor General of the United States for four years, as well as Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, on his death. The obituary is composed of a general biographical sketch and a particular analysis of the different areas covered by his public career: his teaching, his work, his personality, and his political thought.