BIBLICAL, JUDICIAL INTERESTS FOR MINER.(BOOKS)

These are the books on the night table of Roger J. Miner, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Miner, of Hudson, said that the majority of his leisure nighttime reading parallels that of his daytime reading. ``The World of Benjamin Cardozo,'' by Richard Polenberg: ``It's about the judge's personal values on his judicial rulings,'' said Miner. ``Despite his brilliant intellect and excellent writing, he was very much a man of his time. Many of his written opinions are now outdated, particularly in the area of family law.'' ``Fear of Judging,'' by Kate Stith and Jose Carbranes: ``Carbranes is a colleague of mine on the Second Circuit, and his …