Taking the Stand
Author: Dershowitz, Alan
ISBN: 9780307719287
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 26 Mar 2019
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, with new material by the author on his life and on the confirmation hearings for the new justice to the Supreme Court. Alan Dershowitz, AmericaP#39;s most prominent legal mind and the #1 bestselling author of Plt;IPgt;ChutzpahPlt;/IPgt; and Plt;IPgt;The Best Defense,Plt;/IPgt; recounts his legal autobiography, describing how he came to the law, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past 50 years, most of which he has personally been involved in.
Plt;bPgt;#1 Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author Alan Dershowitz recounts his extraordinary coming of age in this legal autobiography, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past fifty years, most of which he has personally been involved in.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Overflowing with fascinating and funny vignettes involving his cases and clients, and probing and provocative insights into contemporary legal controversies.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Boston GlobePlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Alan Dershowitz, the preeminent defense lawyer in America today, has been called the P#8220;winningest appellate criminal defense lawyer in history.P#8221; A professor at Harvard Law School since the age of twenty-five, he has led or been part of the defense team for such storied clients as Bill Clinton, Julian Assange, O. J. Simpson, Claus von BuP#776;low, Mia Farrow, Jeffrey MacDonald, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and countless others.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Taking the Stand,Plt;/iPgt; Dershowitz describes his evolution as a lawyerP#8212;from a C-minus student in Yeshiva High School to the youngest full professor in the history of Harvard Law School. In his #1 Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling book Plt;iPgt;Chutzpah, Plt;/iPgt;Alan described his Jewish life. In Plt;iPgt;Taking the Stand,Plt;/iPgt; he looks at the people and events that have helped to shape his ideas about the law. He describes his formative years as a clerk for the United States Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. In the course of his career, he confronts the challenges of First Amendment law, the ongoing tension between individual freedom and national security, the questionable science often employed to prosecute accused murderers, the evolution of civil rightsP#8212;and why the abortion rights debate in society hasnP#8217;t moved forward since Plt;iPgt;Roe v. WadePlt;/iPgt;.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Filled with unforgettable cases and inside legal P#8220;baseball,P#8221; Plt;iPgt;Taking the StandPlt;/iPgt; is a deeply personal account of one of the legendary legal minds of our time.
ISBN: 9780307719287
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 26 Mar 2019
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback, with new material by the author on his life and on the confirmation hearings for the new justice to the Supreme Court. Alan Dershowitz, AmericaP#39;s most prominent legal mind and the #1 bestselling author of Plt;IPgt;ChutzpahPlt;/IPgt; and Plt;IPgt;The Best Defense,Plt;/IPgt; recounts his legal autobiography, describing how he came to the law, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past 50 years, most of which he has personally been involved in.
Plt;bPgt;#1 Plt;iPgt;New York Times Plt;/iPgt;bestselling author Alan Dershowitz recounts his extraordinary coming of age in this legal autobiography, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past fifty years, most of which he has personally been involved in.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;Overflowing with fascinating and funny vignettes involving his cases and clients, and probing and provocative insights into contemporary legal controversies.P#8221;P#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Boston GlobePlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Alan Dershowitz, the preeminent defense lawyer in America today, has been called the P#8220;winningest appellate criminal defense lawyer in history.P#8221; A professor at Harvard Law School since the age of twenty-five, he has led or been part of the defense team for such storied clients as Bill Clinton, Julian Assange, O. J. Simpson, Claus von BuP#776;low, Mia Farrow, Jeffrey MacDonald, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and countless others.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;Taking the Stand,Plt;/iPgt; Dershowitz describes his evolution as a lawyerP#8212;from a C-minus student in Yeshiva High School to the youngest full professor in the history of Harvard Law School. In his #1 Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling book Plt;iPgt;Chutzpah, Plt;/iPgt;Alan described his Jewish life. In Plt;iPgt;Taking the Stand,Plt;/iPgt; he looks at the people and events that have helped to shape his ideas about the law. He describes his formative years as a clerk for the United States Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. In the course of his career, he confronts the challenges of First Amendment law, the ongoing tension between individual freedom and national security, the questionable science often employed to prosecute accused murderers, the evolution of civil rightsP#8212;and why the abortion rights debate in society hasnP#8217;t moved forward since Plt;iPgt;Roe v. WadePlt;/iPgt;.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Filled with unforgettable cases and inside legal P#8220;baseball,P#8221; Plt;iPgt;Taking the StandPlt;/iPgt; is a deeply personal account of one of the legendary legal minds of our time.
