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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
Description
In this electrifying bestseller, the shrewd and voluble trial lawyer Louis Nizer, who made a long career of representing famous people in famous cases, recounts some of his significant civil and criminal cases. Nizer rose to national fame with his real-life accounts of tension-filled courtrooms and the fervor of the advocate, and "My Life in Court" proved to be no exception: it rose to the top of the Times's best-seller list on its publication in...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An illuminating exercise that challenges the reader's beliefs about the justice system
A police trooper inspects a car during a routine traffic stop and finds a vast cache of weapons, complete with automatic rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and black ski masks-a veritable bank robber's kit. Should the men in the car be charged? If so, with what?
A son neglects to care for his elderly mother, whose emaciated form is discovered shortly...
18) Trial by jury
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Examines jury trials, discussing their history, function, procedures, and significance in society.