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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law
Michael S. Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell, and Ben Bycel
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Paperback, 400 pages; 2000 (1998)
$17.00
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Words wield extraordinary power in a trial's closing argument. Even when the consequences are not life or death, the argument must be both intellectually and emotionally compelling. In Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, district attorney Michael S. Lief, law professor H. Mitchell Caldwell, and attorney and columnist Ben Bycel have assembled what they deem to be ten of the "greatest closing arguments in modern law." Among them are Robert Jackson's eloquent summation at the Nuremberg Trials; Clarence Darrow's impassioned plea to spare the lives of Leopold and Loeb; and Gerry Spence's spellbinding entreaty on behalf of Karen Silkwood's family. Each speech (a few have been slightly abridged) is introduced with historical background on the case, brief biographical information about the lawyer who delivered it, and analysis regarding the argument. This collection of brilliant logic and oration, lyrically spun, is sure to enthrall even the least lawyerly among us.
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