Max Radin (March 29, 1880 – June 22, 1950 ) was an American legal scholar, philologist, and author.
[4] He received his early education from his parents, who, among other things, taught him Latin, Hebrew, and ancient Greek.
[6] After graduation from law school he was admitted to the New York bar,[7] but he taught in New York public schools as he continued his studies at Columbia University, where in 1909 he was granted a Ph.D with his thesis on ancient associations ("The Legislation of the Greeks and Romans on Corporations).
[17] In his work, Radin combined philological research into Roman and civil law with current legal issues.
Of Radin's work, Justice William O. Douglas said: "His is part of the tradition of Holmes and Cardozo in his influence on the Law.