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This is the remarkable story of how a boy from rural Welcome, North Carolina grew up to become an innovative judge, global citizen, and go-to guy for court-building in emerging African nations. Along the way, he organizes the first-ever judicial conference in Tanzania, jogs with children in Lusaka, dances with a python, and has adventures ranging from the harrowing to the hilarious. In the end, he discovers the distance between Welcome and Windhoek is not as great as he imagined, and that both places now occupy adjoining spaces in his heart.

columnist who regularly contributes to The Nation and The Village Voice, Patricia J. Williams is also a professor of law at Columbia University and the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award. In Open House, she shares her unique views on modern American culture and tells stories of her remarkable life. Her voice is powerful, provocative, and utterly charming.

The Success Pledge is a powerful instrument and a transformative tool that can guide you toward your goals and dreams. Are you prepared to embark on your journey to success? Judge Elijah Smiley shares his personal narrative as a testament to how adhering to the Success Pledge can lead to success. Listeners are presented with the Success Pledge as a potent roadmap to success and are guided through its practical application, instilling hope and optimism for a successful future.

Straight from the bowels of back street police stations, locked psychiatric wards and the criminal courts, these are the brazen tales of a bare-knuckle barrister.

In this memoir, murder case lawyer William Clegg revisits his most intriguing trials, from the acquittal of Colin Stagg to the shooting of Jill Dando, to the man given life because of an earprint. All the while he lays bare the secrets of his profession, from the rivalry among barristers to the nervous moments before a verdict comes back, and how our right to a fair trial is now at risk.

El 31 de diciembre del año 2.001, quedaron suprimidas definitivamente las prefecturas de Venezuela. Unas instituciones reguladas por una ley inconstitucional, injusta e inmoral; la ley de vagos y maleantes. Un cuerpo normativo que facultaba a los prefectos a imponer arrestos y detenciones de hasta setenta y dos horas, o internamiento indefinido en aberrantes colonias de reclusión sin orden judicial previa. Dicha ley había sido heredada de la última dictadura que hubo en Venezuela; la del General Marcos Pérez Jiménez, y a su vez había sido copiada, casi al calco, de otra similar que ...

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s life shaped her career, and her career shaped her life. From inheriting her mother’s overwhelming passion for knowledge and equality to changing the legal system as we know it, this book travels with Ruth on her journey from Kiki Bader to the “notorious RBG”.

"There is no equal justice for Black people today; there never has been. To our everlasting shame, the quality of justice in America has always been and is now directly related to the color of one's skin as well as to the size of one's pocketbook." This quote comes from George W. Crockett Jr.'s essay, "A Black Judge Speaks" (Judicature, 1970). The stories of Black lawyers and judges are rarely told. By sharing Crockett's life of principled courage, "No Equal Justice" breaks this silence.

Gerald Nissenbaum knows everything about his clients - how much is in their bank accounts, what kind of sex their spouses like, if they married for money or power, and who cheated with whom. For the first time in his long career, Nissenbaum gives the lowdown on all the antics he's experienced in dealing with clients who have money to burn.

In the baseball draft of 1971, Ron Williamson was the first player chosen from Oklahoma. Signing with Oakland, he said goodbye to his small home town and left for California to pursue his dreams of glory. Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits - drinking, drugs and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept 20 hours a day on her sofa.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a formidable, fascinating, enigmatic woman, and this provocative, probing biography - in the works for over two years - offers real insight into her character, her values, and her career.

Many may think that 1917 and 2017 do not have much in common. Though times have changed, what is essential often stays the same. These memoirs are a thrilling narrative of Alphonso A. Christian I, a barefoot boy in the most remote and undeveloped district of the United States Virgin Islands. He never had the opportunity to attend a university. He defied the odds to rise to be a judge, a commissioner, and an executive secretary of the Virgin Islands Legislature, one of the most influential United States Virgin Islands legislature positions.

The true story of a crusading lawyer willing to risk his career and reputation in some of the most famous cases in Pacific Northwest history. Referred to by a political commentator as "Front Page Bill" for his headline making exploits, Bill Erxleben was an anti-corruption federal prosecutor, consumer protection and environmental champion. He would take on vested interests and the federal bureaucracy and win national acclaim for his zealous commitment to the public interest.

Desperately trying to save his practice, morals, and sanity, David Pauly represents everyday people and takes you on an adventure into the real world of legal practice. There are no beautiful boardrooms overlooking Manhattan here. Only a cultural wasteland isolated in sand, idiocy, and rampant gunfire. Along the way, you will learn the secrets that all good lawyers use to pervert justice, confuse the facts, and navigate the treacherously fine line between absurdly clever and catastrophically stupid.

Mario Almerighi, giudice in prima linea nella lotta alla mafia e agli apparati corrotti dello stato, ripercorre quarant'anni di storia italiana, tra delitti dimenticati e politici impuniti. Una storia che inizia in Sicilia a fine anni settanta, quando il magistrato Giangiacomo Ciaccio Montalto avvia un'inchiesta su uno dei clan mafiosi più attivi della zona. Montalto si ritrova presto da solo nelle indagini e accerchiato dalle minacce, e il 25 gennaio 1983 viene freddato da un commando di sicari.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginburg is for many a truly iconic Supreme Court Justice. This volume reviews some landmark cases, in which she was a key participant. Justice Ginsburg was a fierce advocate for sexual equality, and was the founding director of the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU including arguing cases before the Supreme Court on many occasions.

Boulin, Urba, Elf, les frégates de Taïwan, Clearstream, Kerviel, Cahuzac, Karachi, Balkany... Le juge Van Ruymbeke a instruit pendant plus de quarante ans les grandes affaires financières qui ont secoué notre République. Tenace et libre, il est la figure emblématique de la lutte anticorruption. Dans ces mémoires vibrantes, animé par sa si chère indépendance, il raconte la manière dont il s'est attaqué aux sphères du pouvoir et au financement illégal des partis politiques.

When I was an undergraduate student at UCLA, I had an English teacher, a Mr. Cordero, who was absolutely brilliant. I would often follow him around picking up his conversational crumbs like a hungry sparrow. He, of course, basked in the adoration until, one day, his sense of responsibility must have overcome his amusement, and he confided in me that he really wasn’t as brilliant as I suspected but only more experienced.

Thomas Calhoun Walker was many things, including a slave, teacher, lawyer, government official, humanitarian, civil rights leader, and adviser to presidents.

Considerado um dos mais importantes advogados do país, Francisco Müssnich divide com o ouvinte o conhecimento que acumulou ao longo de mais de 40 anos de profissão para ajudar futuros advogados a construir as bases de uma carreira sólida e bem-sucedida.