Introduction / William Styron -- Opening court -- Here comes the judge -- Whom to believe? -- Heart v. mind -- How I decide a court case -- Civil trial by jury -- Bargaining over pain and disability -- More on civil jury trials -- Does the civil jury system work? -- Criminal cases -- Murder trial -- Dilemmas of sentencing -- Where has love gone? -- Prisoners of their future -- The Face of poverty -- On being reversed and sitting on the Supreme Court -- Summing up.