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100 1  Dershowitz, Alan M. 
245 10 Taking the stand :|bmy life in the law /|cAlan Dershowitz.
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown Publishers,|c[2013] 
300    ix, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [474]-510) and 
       index. 
505 0  Born and religiously educated in Brooklyn -- My secular 
       education -- My clerkships -- Beginning my life as an 
       academic -- The evolution of the First Amendment -- Direct
       and vicarious "offensiveness" of obscenity -- Disclosure 
       of secrets -- Expressions that incite violence and disrupt
       speakers -- The right to falsify history and science -- 
       Defamation and privacy -- Speech that "supports" terrorist
       groups -- Life intrudes on law -- "Death is different" -- 
       The death penalty for those who don't kill -- Using 
       science, law, logic, and experience to disprove murder -- 
       Death, politics, religion, and international intrigue -- 
       Death cases from the classroom to the courtroom and from 
       the courtroom to the classroom -- The changing politics of
       rape -- The changing impact of the media on the law -- The
       changing face of race -- The crumbling wall between church
       and state -- From human rights to human wrongs. 
520    Alan Dershowitz has been called the "winningest appellate 
       criminal defense lawyer in history." He has led or been 
       part of the defense team for such storied clients as Bill 
       Clinton, Julian Assange, O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bülow, 
       Mia Farrow, Jeffrey MacDonald, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, 
       and many more. Here, for the first time, Dershowitz writes
       about his evolution as a lawyer--how within a few short 
       years he changed from a C-minus student in Yeshiva High 
       School to become the youngest full professor in the 
       history of Harvard Law School. He describes his formative 
       years as a clerk for the United States Court of Appeals 
       and the Supreme Court. He discusses the evolution of his 
       thinking over the years as he tackles the subtleties of 
       censorship and the limits of First Amendment law, the 
       ongoing tension between individual freedom and national 
       security, the evolution of civil rights, and why the 
       abortion rights debate hasn't moved forward since Roe v. 
       Wade. Filled with unforgettable cases and vignettes, 
       Taking the Stand is a deeply personal account of one of 
       the legendary legal minds of our time. 
600 10 Dershowitz, Alan M. 
650  0 Lawyers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Jewish lawyers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Law teachers|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Freedom of speech|zUnited States|vCases. 
650  0 Capital punishment|zUnited States|xCases. 
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