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The Best Defense
The Courtroom Confrontations of America's Most Outspoken Lawyer of Last Resort-- the Lawyer Who Won the Claus von Bulow Appeal
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"Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz's book."
--Truman Capote
In this tell-all legal memoir, Alan Dershowitz describes his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients. In the process, he takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as deeply corrupt.
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ISBN: 9780394713809
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 May 1983
Country: United States
Imprint: Vintage Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 495g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Alan M. Dershowitz is theNew York Timesbest-selling author of more than thirty books. His articles have appeared in hundreds of publications, includingThe New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Harvard Law Review, The Yale Law Journal, The Jerusalem Post,andHaaretz.He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School, and has worked for more than fifty years in the areas of civil liberties, human rights, and criminal law. Honors he has received include the Anti-Defamation League's William O. Douglas First Amendment Freedom Award.
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