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Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John Kroger Publisher Comments As an Assistant United States Attorney, John Kroger pursued high-profile cases against mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron executives. In Convictions, Kroger reveals how to flip a perp, how to conduct a cross, how to work an informant, how to placate... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast by Andrew E. Kersten Publisher Comments Clarence Darrow is best remembered as the defense attorney in some of the most famous (and infamous) cases in American legal history. With his brilliant closing argument that saved the thrill killers Leopold and Loeb from the gallows and his impassioned... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir by John Paul Stevens Publisher Comments When he resigned last June, Justice Stevens was the third longest serving Justice in American history (1975-2010)--only Justice William O. Douglas, whom Stevens succeeded, and Stephen Field have served on the Court for a longer time. In Five Chiefs... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate by Nancy Gertner Publisher Comments Nancy Gertner launched her legal career by defending antiwar activist Susan Saxe, who was on trial for her role in a robbery that resulted in the murder of a police officer. After this high-profile, highly charged case, Gertner continued to cause a stir... (read more) Your price: $18.00 New - Trade Paper
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Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by Linda Greenhouse Publisher Comments A fascinating book. In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . . . A page-turner.--The New York Times Book Review In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dream Makers, Dream Breakers: The World of Justice Thurgood Marshall by Cart T Rowan Publisher Comments Dream Makers, Dream Breakers, the impassioned biography of the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, details the social, legal, economic, political, and moral history of the nation over most of the twentieth century. It covers the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell Publisher Comments Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography The definitive biography of Clarence Darrow, the brilliant, idiosyncratic lawyer who defended John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial” and gave voice to the populist masses at the turn of the... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones by Connie Rice Publisher Comments From one of Americas most influential civil rights attorneys, Power Concedes Nothing is a hard-hitting memoir chronicling a fiercely dedicated womans quest to win the first of all human rights: freedom from violence. CONNIE RICE has taken on school and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made by James Newton Publisher Comments A masterful biography of the legendary chief justice of the United States and chairman of the Warren Commission by an award-winning journalist, using previously unavailable government documents and scores of new interviews that cast new light on this... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas Publisher Comments Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Barman by Alex Wellen Publisher Comments Alex Wellen is an excited, ambitious, and overwhelmed twenty-something law student trying to integrate into one of the most powerful and promise-filled cities in the world--New York. As he moves from graduating student to licensed lawyer--the second most... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Four Trials by John Edwards Publisher Comments Raised in a small town by parents employed in the local mills, John Edwards worked in those mills himself -- and then went on to become one of America's most successful and respected attorneys. He built a national reputation representing people whose... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas Publisher Comments Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers by Elizabeth Edwards Publisher Comments She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by Joan Biskupic Publisher Comments If the U.S. Supreme Court teaches us anything, it is that almost everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But whats inarguable is that, while the Court has witnessed a succession of larger-than-life jurists in its two-hundred-plus-year history, it... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ccb: The Life and Century of Charles C. Burlingham, New York's First Citizen, 1858-1959 by George Martin Publisher Comments The exemplary life of an extraordinary politician and reformer. Though he held no elected or appointed office, the New York City lawyer Charles C. Burlingham had great influence with those who did, and used it in unusual ways. George Martin's surprising... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: Work Sucks. Life Doesn't Have To. by Philadelphia Lawyer Publisher Comments Welcome to the world of the Philadelphia Lawyer-a man of two identities. By day he is a mild-mannered attorney, one who has practiced in a wide variety of legal fields from criminal to corporate to personal injury, earning himself a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World's Worst Profession by Philadelphia Lawyer Publisher Comments For some people, happy hour is never enough This is a book about escape. It's also about laughing gas. And bourbon and dope and sex and mushrooms and every other vice millions of us indulge in to forget our jobs, the office, and the stifling, corporate... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Emperor's New Clothes: Exposing the Truth from Watergate to 9/11 by Richard Ben-Veniste Publisher Comments Richard Ben-Veniste hates being lied to. He especially hates it when the American people are lied to. Widely respected as a trial lawyer, Ben-Veniste delivers a fascinating insider's tale in his memoir of a career spent fighting hypocrisy and seeking... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer by Michael Mansfield Publisher Comments Michael Mansfield, QC, is Britain's most high-profile defence lawyer, whose unparalleled commitment to his clients and radical approach to forensics, evidence and disclosure have made him a scourge of the establishment and a champion of the individual in... (read more) Your price: $22.50 New - Trade Paper
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