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The devil's advocates : greatest closing arguments in criminal law
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The devil's advocates : greatest closing arguments in criminal law

Author: Michael S Lief; Harry M Caldwell
Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Documents eight key trials involving such subjects as a confessed rapist who was not read his Miranda rights, a congressman's controversial use of a temporary insanity defense, and a single mother's protest against a warrant-less police search of her home.
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Genre/Form: Sources
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michael S Lief; Harry M Caldwell
ISBN: 9780743246682 0743246683
OCLC Number: 62593791
Notes: "A Lisa Drew book."
Includes index.
Description: 436 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: When mob rule trumps rule of law --
When the constable blunders --
Rule of engagement --
Defending the despised --
"You have the right to remain silent" --
The black doctor and the white mob --
The trial of the (nineteenth) century --
Genius, scoundrel, traitor.
Responsibility: Michael S. Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell.

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Documents eight key trials involving such subjects as a confessed rapist who was not read his Miranda rights, a congressman's controversial use of a temporary insanity defense, and a single mother's protest against a warrant-less police search of her home.
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"Makes for unexpectedly engaging reading -- not only the arguments themselves (each an example of rhetorical mastery) but also the history provided to give each argument context." Read more...

 
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