America on Trial: Inside the Legal Battles That Transformed Our Nation
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0446694738 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Renowned attorney and bestselling author Alan M. Dershowitz reveals how notable trials throughout American history have helped to shape our nation.
He lectures widely on legal and religious issues, appears frequently on television and radio, and is the author of the number one bestseller Chutzpah, as well as Supreme Injustice, Reversal of Fortune, The Abuse Excuse, Just Revenge, The Genesis of Justice, The Advocate's Devil, and Reasonable Doubts: The Criminal Justice System and the O. Simpson, Anatoly Shcharansky, Michael Milken, Mia Farrow, and Mike Tyson. Simpson Case. Dershowitz is a professor at Harvard Law School and
Melissa McHugh said There's A Lot To Recommend This, But. Here's what I liked:- The introduction is incredibly well written and does exactly what an introduction is supposed to do. It made me excited to read the book. It talked about ancient, historical and global influences on the American legal system.- Dershowitz has a great handle on American histor. "Justice, Injustice, Legal Shenanigans and Lying Lawyers" according to Donald Mitchell. Professor Dershowitz claims that he has read the original trial transcripts of more criminal cases than anyone else. That's entirely possible because most legal scholars focus on appellate opinions that set new case law. What he found will shake your view of how well the American justice system h. [] Mr. Marc Wickert America On Trial - Inside The Legal Battles That Transformed Our Nation by Alan M. Dershowitz (Warner Books).© Marc Wickert October 1, 2008[]This book is literary shock treatment. Although written by the world's most famous criminal lawyer, the book is easy to read, but hard to put down.Prof
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. during the past 300 years. . From Publishers Weekly Harvard professor and prolific author Dershowitz takes readers on a tour through some of the most celebrated-and intriguing-cases in the U.S. Although the book has a cursory feel at times (each case runs only about six pages), Dershowitz displays a keen sense of history to go along with his knowledge of the law: he features cases that highlight changes in American history, and he misses little. He follows a simple format: listing the basic facts of the case, then offering his critique. Not surprisingly, the number of cases increase as he approaches recent history, and while there are some scandalous cases from the past, the majority of headline-grabbers, such as the O.J. Regarding the current Supreme Court, for example, he says he is "angry" that in the Bush-Gore decision, the court "took it