As defender of both the righteous and the questionable, Alan
Dershowitz has become perhaps the most famous and outspoken
attorney in America. Whether or not they agree with his legal
tactics, most people would agree that he possesses a powerful and
profound sense of justice. In this meditation on his profession,
Dershowitz writes about life, law, and the opportunities that young
lawyers have to do good and do well at the same time. We live in an
age of growing dissatisfaction with law as a career, which
ironically comes at a time of unprecedented wealth for many
lawyers. Dershowitz addresses this paradox, as well as the
uncomfortable reality of working hard for clients who are often
without many redeeming qualities. He writes about the lure of
money, fame, and power, as well as about the seduction of success.
In the process, he conveys some of the "tricks of the trade" that
have helped him win cases and become successful at the art and
practice of "lawyering." Ranging broadly in subject matter, these
brief, intellectual primers to life are a stimulating read for
anyone who wants to experience the insights, wisdom and advice of
today''s leading minds. Now available for the first time in handsome
and affordable new paperback editions.
關於作者:
Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School, is one of America''s foremost legal scholars.
His books include the best-selling Supreme Injustice, Sexual
McCarthyism, Reasonable Doubts, Chutzpah, Reversal of Fortune and
Rights from Wrongs. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
目錄:
Part I: Life and Career
1 Pick Your Heroes Carefully
2 Live the Passion of Your Times
3 Have a Good Enemies'' List
4 Don''t Do What You''re Best At
5 Don''t Have Deathbed Regrets
6 Don''t Follow "Off-the-Rack" Advice
7 Don''t Limit Your Options by Making a Lot of Money
8 Don''t Risk What You Don''t Have Enough of to Get More of
What You Have Plenty Of
9 Is There an Absolute Morality?
10 Should Good Lawyers Defend Bad People?
11 Defending Yourself from Legal McCarthyism
12 How to Balance Idealism, Realism and Cynicism
13 Your Last Exam
14 Self-Doubts
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