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Lucilius A. (Lucilius Alonzo) Emery
1840–1920
A Maine jurist who spent decades on the state’s highest court, he brought a practical lawyer’s eye to big questions about law and fairness. His best-known work, Concerning Justice, grew out of lectures at Yale and turns legal thought into something clear and human.
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Concerning Justice
by Lucilius A. (Lucilius Alonzo) Emery
About the author
Born in Carmel, Maine, in 1840, Lucilius Alonzo Emery graduated from Bowdoin College in 1861, read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1863. He built his career in Ellsworth, where he practiced law and moved steadily into public service.
Emery served in the Maine Senate and as Maine attorney general before joining the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 1883. He remained on the court until 1911, including service as chief justice, and became known as one of Maine’s leading legal minds.
As an author, he is remembered for Concerning Justice (1914), based on lectures delivered at Yale Law School. The book reflects the same qualities that shaped his legal career: careful reasoning, a strong interest in public institutions, and a desire to explain what justice should mean in everyday civic life.