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Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law

16 reviews
Michael S Lief, Ben Bycel, ...

Scribner, 2000

If your idealism is waning, this book will help you find it!
After years of arguing caseslaw, motions, picking juries, interviewing witnesses, going through all the day to day protocol that trial work demands, one may forget at times how important is the job of a lawyer. But this book reminds the practioner that he/she is a part of a wonderful system of justice. Not many cases will go down as "The Greatest" but to your clients, it is often the defining ...

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law
Michael S. Lief

Simon & Schuster, 2000

The Devil's Advocates: Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law

4 reviews
Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell

Scribner, 2007

Profound book about Great Law Cases
I simply cannot heap enough praise. Oh...how I wished I had this audiobook - of nineteen disks - when I studied criminal justice and trial practice in law school. What makes this book extraordinary? The audiobook provides dramatic recreations of the great speeches before juries or stirring appellate arguments before the Supreme Court coupled with comprehensive and intelligent ...

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
H. Mitchell Caldwell & Ben Bycel Michael S. Lief

Scribner, 1998

Anyone who's ever watched Perry Mason knows that the closing argument is a very important part of a big legal case. The closing argument is the "game point" of law, the time when lawyers pull out all the stops on the cajoling and the litigating. Michael S. Lief and his coauthors have collected the closing arguments from 10 noteworthy cases in this volume, introducing each speech with background information on the trial and commentary on the ...

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Libertie

3 reviews
Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell

Scribner, 2004

Another Brilliant Work of Legal Art
Another brilliant piece...Lief has done it again! A must read for the legal novice or the established professional. Lief has a gift for dissecting the subject cases like the legal Ninja he is. This latest work of legal art engages the reader's interest and won't let go... Should be mandatory reading in all the law schools.

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Liberties
Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell

Scribner, 2006

The second volume in a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history Every day, Americans enjoy the freedom to decide what we do with our property, our bodies, our speech, and our votes. However, the rights to these freedoms have not always been guaranteed. Our civil rights have been assured by cases that have produced monumental shifts in America's cultural, political, and legal landscapes. And the Walls Came ...