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The noted Harvard scholar presents provocative commentary on tough legal issues drawn from real cases, including vigilantism vs. self-defense, the rights of the press, and considering Supreme Court nominees
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In this collection of essays drawn from his weekly syndicated columns, Harvard Law School professor Dershowitz (The Best Defense, etc.), reviews the present state of the judicial system from Supreme Court to the local police station and discusses how major legal developments of the last decade affect our daily lives. Cases cited concern issues ranging from the ideology of Justice Department figures, including Bork and Meese, to the legitimacy of compulsory seat belts. Dershowitz decries what he considers to be a double standard of justice for nonwhites; he takes lawyers to task for over-charging poor clients for routine services and criticizes law firms for practicingand bar associations for condoningprofessional discrimination. Medical advances and changes in public and private morality, he notes, have created new legal problems, for example, abortion, rights of terminally ill patients and AIDS victims along with altered family relationships and numerous cases involving the First Amendment. He concludes with the observation that the last decade has been marked by a shift away from the protection of individual rights.
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- PublisherContemporary Books
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0809246163
- ISBN 13 9780809246168
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages332
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