The Quotable Lawyer,9781585746583

The Quotable Lawyer

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ISBN13: 9781585746583
ISBN10: 1585746584
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2002-11-01
Publisher(s): The Lyons Press
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Summary

The Quotable Lawyer is a marvelous collection of more than 500 memorable sayings about the life of lawyers and the law. By turns moving, hilarious, poignant, and profound, these priceless bits of wisdom are culled from famous and not-so-famous lawyers, judges, authors, and politicians from throughout history and around the world. The Quotable Lawyer promises to, within the reasonable and practicable bounds outlined above, provide hours (alas, unbillable) of entertainment and enlightenment. It makes a perfect gift for the lawyer in the family, the lawyer of the family, or anyone interested in the law and its development from ancient times to the present day. (5 7/8 X 6 7/8, 398 pages)

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
Some Premises of the Law
1(14)
Society, the Individual, and the Law
15(40)
The Machinery of the Law
55(46)
The Practice of Law
101(42)
Law, Money, and Power
143(24)
Justice and Injustice
167(60)
Cases and Judgments
227(22)
Freedom and Censorship
249(36)
Crime and Punishment
285(26)
At the Expense of Lawyers: Quips, Jokes, and Scandalous Sayings
311(34)
Contributors 345(14)
Works Cited 359(14)
Author Index 373

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