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Marik Casmon's Reviews > The Best Defense: The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort-- the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal
The Best Defense: The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort-- the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal
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Well, I'd actually give this book between a three and a four, but why quibble?
In the book, published in the early 80s, Dershowitz describes many of the civil rights cases that he was involved in. Many of the cases revolve around legal technicalities and governmental chicanery (as might be expected from a defense attorney).
The pictures that he presents of the higher-ups in our judicial system--prosecutors and judges, especially, but police also--are enough to make an agnostic out of anyone. That is, doubt is the most appropriate response to our legal system.
In the book, published in the early 80s, Dershowitz describes many of the civil rights cases that he was involved in. Many of the cases revolve around legal technicalities and governmental chicanery (as might be expected from a defense attorney).
The pictures that he presents of the higher-ups in our judicial system--prosecutors and judges, especially, but police also--are enough to make an agnostic out of anyone. That is, doubt is the most appropriate response to our legal system.
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Started Reading
August 1, 2009
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Finished Reading
August 8, 2009
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