Justice at Trial

James  J. Brosnahan

doi:10.5771/9781538174449

Justice at Trial

Courtroom Battles and Groundbreaking Cases

Published 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538174449
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-7443-2
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-7444-9
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

Follow a trial lawyer’s career through the demanding, often controversial, and suspenseful world of jury trials, tension-filled appeals and the different worlds of courtrooms, jail cells, corporate boardrooms, and law firms. Each of the cases in the nineteen chapters were selected from a total of his 150 jury trials to reflect issues of current importance, including refugees on the Mexican border, gargantuan gender battles inside one of the largest corporations in the world, sexual taboos on national television, accusations of terrorism, government agents who cheat, innocent prisoners in our jails, the constitutional right to speak and print the truth, bringing law to a war zone, poverty and murder on Native American Reservations, current problems of hunger in America, and more.

Schlagworte

Supreme Court Women's Rights Defense Lawyer memoir law firm wrongful conviction The Troubles San Francisco LGBTQ+ rights Immigration sanctuary Courtroom personal injury case teacher's rights Jury trials Justice William Rehnquist first-degree capital murder

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i–xxiv Preface i–xxiv
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
1–9 Chapter One. The Murder of Alice Secody on the Navajo Reservation 1–9
10–18 Chapter Two. Learning to Be a Lawyer 10–18
19–32 Chapter Three. San Francisco Beckons 19–32
33–44 Chapter Four. The Pressures of a National Case 33–44
45–52 Chapter Five. Defending Criminal Cases at Last 45–52
53–62 Chapter Six. A Jury Does Justice 53–62
63–72 Chapter Seven. Defending the Chronicle’s Right to Publish 63–72
73–92 Chapter Eight. The First Amendment Defense of a Television Movie 73–92
93–98 Chapter Nine. Did I Make a Mistake Going on the Road to Hawaii? 93–98
99–116 Chapter Ten. The FBI Rigged the Evidence 99–116
117–130 Chapter Eleven. An Awesome Woman Successfully Stands Up to a Powerful Man 117–130
131–152 Chapter Twelve. Defending Religion on the Mexican Border 131–152
153–158 Chapter Thirteen. Ever Want to Cross-Examine Your Doctor? 153–158
159–176 Chapter Fourteen. Exciting Times in the US Supreme Court 159–176
177–198 Chapter Fifteen. Iran-Contra: Prosecuting Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger 177–198
199–206 Chapter Sixteen. An Innocent Man Walks Out of Jail Seventeen Years Later 199–206
207–217 Chapter Seventeen. Two Lawyers Are Murdered in Northern Ireland 207–217
218–226 Chapter Eighteen. They Are Stealing Our Vote 218–226
227–236 Conclusion: Who Am I Now? 227–236
237–250 Index 237–250
251–252 About the Author 251–252

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