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Combination biography and call to justice, this book follows Randy Liberty’s journey from maximum-security prison Warden to Maine’s Commissioner of Corrections. When Randy Liberty was seven years old, he traveled to the Maine State Prison to visit his incarcerated father. Forty years later...

William Howard Taft was perhaps not a great president, although his limited view of the president’s role looks better today than it did at the time. But Taft’s true claim to greatness lies in his work before and after the White House: five decades of selfless public service culminating as...

" Ceux qui entrent dans nos cabinets viennent se soulager d'un fardeau bien trop lourd, et l'on n'imagine pas combien ce premier pas est en lui-même incommensurablement difficile. Parfois, on met du temps à faire venir les mots. Parfois, il faut faire plus vite, comme pour un pansement qu'il...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD The “gripping” (The New York Times) true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past—from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling...

The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing an intimate look at the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history. In the long history of American government, few senators have wielded as much power as Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell. That’s...

An NPR Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer, an “eloquently written, impeccably researched, and intensely moving” (The Wall Street Journal) Civil War biography of Abraham Lincoln’s indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: antislavery leader...

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental...

Dans la vie d'un avocat, il y a des plaidoiries qu'on n'oublie pas. Elles vous obsèdent des mois, vous réveillent la nuit, vous rendent malade puis vous marquent pour toujours. C'était le 8 février 2007, il a fallu sauter dans le vide. Un tribunal est une arène, un théâtre du réel, le cadre de l'Histoire qui s'écrit, mais le sait-on ? Pour ce « procès des caricatures », nous étions passionnés, complices, angoissés, heureux de défendre notre cause. Charlie Hebdo a gagné contre les intégristes, le droit à l'irrévérence a triomphé, mais les dix années qui ont suivi ont été tragiques.

A gripping work of true crime from former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro—the “true hero” (New York Post) of the hit HBO documentary series The Jinx—this insider account delivers the definitive investigation into Robert Durst and the decades-long mystery surrounding the disappearance of his...

“[Chen’s] story is a reminder that the desire for basic human rights . . . arises from the deep well of the human spirit.”—The New York Times Book Review It was like a scene out of a thriller: One night in April 2012, China’s most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught...

This program is read by the author. In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our...

The first authorized biography of Soli Sorabjee ‘A gripping life story of a Goliath who strode the Indian legal canvass for nearly seventy years.’ – Mukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General of India ‘Superbly researched, this book by Abhinav Chandrachud is a must read. ‘ – Madhavi...

Brilliant. Colorful. Visionary. Tenacious. Witty. Since his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has been described as all of these things, and for good reason.

Advocate Sanne De Clerck neemt de lezer mee achter de schermen van tal van zedenzaken. Is incest altijd strafbaar? Hoe ga je met pedofielen om? En hoe moeilijk is het om als advocate daders van seksueel geweld bij te staan? Sanne De Clerck vertegenwoordigde slachtoffers en nabestaanden van de aanslagen in Brussel en Zaventem.

La historia del juicio de Philip Morris contra Uruguay por su leyes anti tabaco. Podría leerse como el relato épico de David contra Goliat, pero este libro es mucho más que eso: es una aproximación... Lo inesperado: las políticas antitabaco de un pequeño país al sur de América Latina encendieron las alarmas de las grandes empresas tabacaleras. En 2010, la poderosa Philip Morris puso en juego su arsenal de abogados en defensa de los intereses comerciales y demandó a Uruguay en una corte internacional.

Fay Stender was a giant among movement lawyers from the McCarthy Era to the 1970s intent on forcing society to change. Friends could easily picture her as the heroine of a grand opera. A child prodigy, she abandoned the concert piano to become a zealous advocate for society's most scorned and vilified criminal defendants: from the Rosenberg espionage case during the Cold War to militant black clients, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton, and revolutionary prisoner George Jackson, to prisoners in maximum security.

Le témoignage coup de poing d'un ministre hors norme : premier avocat pénaliste à devenir garde des Sceaux, Éric Dupond-Moretti se livre sans concession sur ses quatre années passées place Vendôme.

起訴した事件の有罪率は99%以上、巨悪を暴く「正義の味方」というイメージがある検事。しかしその日常は、捜査に出向き、取り調べをして、調書を作成する、意外に地味な作業ばかりだ。

I 1998 begyndte politiassistent Hans Haahr på Grønland en hemmelig og uofficiel efterforskning af en ung piges død i Nuuk i julen 1997. »Morakker« fører læseren ind i det lukkede grønlandske politisystem og fortæller om dets uskrevne regler og krav og den misforståede loyalitet mellem betjentene, der i dette tilfælde blev prioriteret højere end retfærdighed for en ung piges død. I 2011 vendte han tilbage til Grønland for at se fortiden i øjnene og færdiggøre sin efterforskning af pigens død.

Janet Kintner could have ended up just another victim of the system. After a traumatic childhood, and being sexually assaulted as a young woman, the odds were not in her favor—but instead of letting these experiences destroy her, she used them as fuel in pursuit of her dreams. By twenty-four, she was a newly minted lawyer determined to secure justice for everyone, regardless of their gender, race, religion, or income.