A Law Unto Itself: The Untold Story of the Law Firm of Sullivan and Cromwell - Hardcover

Lisagor, Nancy; Ipsivs, Frank; Lipsius, Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688048889 ISBN 13: 9780688048884

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1988

Synopsis

Years of archival research and hundreds of interviews substantiate an account of the powerful Wall Street law firm, it corporate and political connections, and its impact upon American society, business, and government

About this title

From Library Journal:

From its founding in 1879, Sullivan & Cromwell was no ordinary law firm. Early on, it devised new ways of forming huge monopolies, and in 1902-04 was instrumental in convincing the U.S. government to build a canal in Panama rather than Nicaragua. The authors, journalists with law expertise, give mostly black marks to long-time senior partner John Foster Dulles, whose blunders in Europe between the wars did not prevent the firm from continuing to thrive under the New Deal. Recently, S. & C., while still successful, has been slow to adapt to a changed legal climate. The authors of this illuminating and well-written study suggest that the firm is living off its past reputation and question how long that can continue. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Jack Ray, Loyola/Notre Dame Lib., Baltimore
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0688048889
• ISBN 13: 9780688048884
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360