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"A scathing indictment of how law is taught, practiced, and administered in this country....One of the best books ever written on the law."-Denver Post.
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出版社周刊评论
Passionately eloquent and innovative, trial attorney Spense ( Gunning for Justice , etc.) here argues the evils of the justice system itself and its abuse by monied interests such as corporations, ``the most cruel, calculating, and accomplished criminals of all time.'' Convicted of crime, corporations are spared admission of guilt by buying their way out with payment of fines, he charges, while the poor are punished. The author's bold reforms for more efficient judicial procedures include the drafting of judges in the manner of juries, revision of law school admission criteria, along with curricula stressing clinical studies and designed to produce lawyers with conscience. He also advocates prosecution and jail terms for corporate managers who break the law, confiscation of crime-derived profits and/or punitive damage awards. First serial to New Age Journal. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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From the crusading author of Murder and Madness (1983) and Trial by Fire (1986), an entertaining indictment of the American legal system. Once again, the renowned Wyoming trial lawyer paints himself as a modern Robin Hood. Chapter titles give an idea of Spence's opinions: ""Law Schools--Factories""; ""Law Students--Spare Parts for the Legal Machine"": ""Labor--People as Property, Workers as Slaves."" Spence mixes vague but impassioned musings on injustice with more factual analyses of the tarnished image of lawyers, LSATS, law schools, and the process of choosing judges, but his big targets are insurance companies and corporations: ""The American trial lawyer remains the single remaining barrier standing between the average citizen and his total subjugation by the corporate oligarchy."" With scorn for corporate largesse, he tells of the Cravath, Swaine & Moore lawyer who was able to bill his client, IBM, for a 27-hour workday because he worked on a plane that crossed three time zones on the way to California. There is lots of such homey, anecdotal fun here, and Spence exploits his gift for storytelling in narratives of cases he's handled over the years. Swept along by his eloquent speeches, it is only with pause that one wonders what Spence is building here--an argument, a reputation, or a business. Likely all three. Full of excerpts from his letters, public appearances, court cases, and personal memos, this crafty and persuasive work is a marvellous achievement in self-promotion. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Spence, one of America's most famous trial attorneys (he represented Karen Silkwood), takes on the whole legal system--the law schools, the attorneys, the judiciary, and so on--and tells where he believes it is going wrong. Justice is reserved only for those with wealth and power, he says, and most lawyers only care about top-dollar corporate clients, not about ordinary citizens. His ideas for improvement range from idealistic to impractical (such as drafting judges from a pool of trial lawyers). Spence pulls no punches in giving his views, and often becomes bombastic: He appears to consider himself one of the few good lawyers left. Readers will find some good information about the legal system, and more about Spence than they may wish to know. An optional purchase for public and law libraries.-- Sally G. Waters, Stetson Law Lib., St. Petersburg, Fla. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.