Leaning on the arc : a personal history of criminal defense / M. Gerald Schwartzbach.
2016
KF373.S348 A3 2016 (Mapit)
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Leaning on the arc : a personal history of criminal defense / M. Gerald Schwartzbach.
Imprint
Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, [2016]
Description
vii, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
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Opening statement: confessions of an unrepentant criminal defense lawyer
An accidental lawyer steps-or is dropped-into the cauldron
Community defender
Taking women seriously
"Whoever saves a single life, it is as though he had saved a whole world"-whatever the price he has to pay
Defending the sixties
Someone got away with murder
Who are the criminals? The cases of Murray Lodge and Buddy Nickerson
Celebrity trial
A little like saving the whole world
Closing argument.
An accidental lawyer steps-or is dropped-into the cauldron
Community defender
Taking women seriously
"Whoever saves a single life, it is as though he had saved a whole world"-whatever the price he has to pay
Defending the sixties
Someone got away with murder
Who are the criminals? The cases of Murray Lodge and Buddy Nickerson
Celebrity trial
A little like saving the whole world
Closing argument.
Summary
A memoir by renowned trial lawyer M. Gerald Schwartzbach, who is perhaps best known for successfully defending actor Robert Blake against charges he had murdered his wife. Each chapter details a different trial in the author's illustrious career that run the gamut from murder to malpractice, sexual assault to domestic abuse, from protecting the right of dissent to advocating expanded rights for defendants. Schwartzbach stands at the intersection of some of the key issues of our time and demonstrates how true justice can only happen when we refuse to objectify the defendant, whoever he or she may be, whatever his or her alleged crime. Finally, Leaning on the Arc is a firsthand, material, and applicable account of what it takes to practice criminal defense law at a high level, how it really works, what to watch out for, and how it all feels.
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KF373.S348 A3 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781634251372 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1634251377 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1634251377 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
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