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Straight from the bowels of back street police stations, locked psychiatric wards and the criminal courts, these are the brazen tales of a bare-knuckle barrister.

Neama’s journey was not easy, but he definitely makes it look like it. From becoming one of the youngest Harvard Law School graduates to representing large corporations like Disney and the Roman Catholic Church and even catching the bad guys as a federal prosecutor, Neama has seen both the darkest and most promising parts of our justice system. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Neama details his internal conflict between following his moral compass and wanting financial freedom. Becoming a plaintiff’s attorney for personal injury victims was the secret key to achieving both.

New York Times Editor's Choice ""Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's...

For over forty years, criminal defence solicitor Henry Milner has been the go-to lawyer for some of Britain's most notorious criminals including Kenneth Noye and the Brink's-Mat robbers, Freddie Foreman, John 'Goldfinger' Palmer and the gang behind the Millennium Dome raid. Here, the lawyer offers a fascinating insight into life at the top of the profession, lifting the lid on the psychology of those who end up on the wrong side of the law and those who defend them. By turns shocking and hilarious, this remarkable memoir takes us deep into the enigmatic criminal underworld.

The first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay faced many unique challenges. When the stability and success of the new nation were far from certain, a body of federalized American law had to be created from scratch.

Højesteretssagfører Bernt Hjejle ser tilbage på nogle af de store personligheder, han gennem et langt liv har mødt, og leverer en række erindringsportrætter af otte "enere", der på mange måder skiller sig ud fra mængden. De otte enere, der beskrives i denne bog, er Ebbe Munck, Eigil Knuth, Johannes Brøndsted, Karl Hude, Oskar Bondo Svane, Guy Shaw, Sascha Wamberg og Hans Nikolaj Hansen. Bernt Hjejle (1901-1994) var dr.jur. og højesteretssagfører.

The conventional wisdom about Felix Frankfurter―Harvard law professor and Supreme Court justice―is that he struggled to fill the seat once held by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Scholars have portrayed Frankfurter as a judicial failure, a liberal lawyer turned conservative justice, and the Warren Court’s principal villain. And yet none of these characterizations rings true.

How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? Through conversations with 20 of the most experienced and dedicated post-conviction capital defenders in the United States, Fighting for Their Lives explores this emotional territory for the first time. Through vivid interviews amplified by the author's responses and commentary, these attorneys reveal aspects of their internal experience that they have never talked about until now.

"You’ll inhale this tell-all book about the tobacco industry and never look at a No Smoking sign the same way again!" —Margaret Atwood, via Twitter Mad Men meets Bad Blood in this addictive, behind-the-scenes globe-trotting narrative of moral ambiguity, law, public policy, and big tobacco...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Canada's most decorated Indigenous athlete. Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion...

Suppose one day, your son or husband, while serving in the military or working as a journalist, is taken hostage by a terrorist group - and you have no idea whether your loved one is dead or alive. It’s a nightmare scenario. Here for the first time is the story of Ory Slonim, the one man in Israel who, for more than two decades, was known as the “door knocker.” He had been a private Israeli lawyer when he was asked to undertake, on behalf of the Israeli government, secret negotiations to find out the whereabouts of Israeli soldiers who were taken alive.

Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginburg is for many a truly iconic Supreme Court Justice. This volume reviews some landmark cases, in which she was a key participant. Justice Ginsburg was a fierce advocate for sexual equality, and was the founding director of the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU including arguing cases before the Supreme Court on many occasions.

While many books have been written from the perspective of judges, lawyers and various law enforcement officers, none have been written by a black woman court reporter. What began as my wanting to share my experiences has become another cover lifted off of the unjust justice system under which we currently live. Consequently, I offer Recollections of a Black Court Reporter as a truth being told out of season.

Una mattina di aprile del 1984 una chiamata cambia per sempre la vita del giudice Leonardo Guarnotta. Al telefono il consigliere istruttore Antonino Caponnetto: gli chiede di far parte del pool antimafia, costituito pochi mesi prima in un bunker del Tribunale di Palermo, al fianco di Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino e Giuseppe Di Lello. È l'inizio di una stagione investigativa e giudiziaria intensa e appassionante, che porterà alla celebrazione del maxiprocesso e a importanti condanne contro i boss di Cosa nostra.

Il libro presenta il percorso autobiografico di un protagonista delle grandi inchieste degli anni Ottanta e Novanta. I valori di famiglia, l'educazione e le tappe formative sfociano nella decisione di entrare in magistratura: la narrazione scorre rievocando la cultura del Sessantotto, gli omicidi dei colleghi Alessandrini e Galli; l'adesione a Magistratura Democratica; la clamorosa inchiesta su Licio Gelli e la Loggia P2 e gli altrettanto clamorosi "tronconi" derivati dell'inchiesta.

Boulin, Urba, Elf, les frégates de Taïwan, Clearstream, Kerviel, Cahuzac, Karachi, Balkany... Le juge Van Ruymbeke a instruit pendant plus de quarante ans les grandes affaires financières qui ont secoué notre République. Tenace et libre, il est la figure emblématique de la lutte anticorruption. Dans ces mémoires vibrantes, animé par sa si chère indépendance, il raconte la manière dont il s'est attaqué aux sphères du pouvoir et au financement illégal des partis politiques.

When a defendant swears "to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth", most judges and barristers believe their evidence will be "nothing like the truth". In Nothing Like the Truth, Nigel Lithman, QC, provides an entertaining and irreverent insight into life in the criminal courts as barrister, QC, and Crown Court judge. Using his experience in true crime, he mixes tales of horror with humor and questions whether it is possible for defendants to get a fair trial.

Durante o período no qual o autor exerceu o encargo de Presidente de Comissões Disciplinares, por cerca de 10 (dez) anos, na Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR), em Brasília, e demais unidades da Federação, presenciou muito sofrimento e angústia de agentes públicos que respondiam um processo administrativo disciplinar ou sindicância acusatória. Hoje, atuando como advogado nessa área do direito, ele continua presenciando as mesmas angústias e sofrimentos.

During the summer of 1984 20-year-old Tommy Hamilton, the product of a deprived childhood in rural Alabama, shoots and kills his boss. Convicted of murder, Tommy is sentenced to death. Before facing the electric chair, one final appeal offers the chance to save Tommy's life, if only his two Chicago-based lawyers and a nun from Alabama can prove he is not legally guilty...even if he is not truly innocent.