In the interest of justice : great opening and closing arguments of the last 100 years /: great opening and closing arguments of the last 100 years. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joel J. Seidemann.
• Authors: Seidemann, Joel J
• Contents: A tale of two verdicts : the O.J. Simpson case -- Celebrity crime in the spotlight : Marv Albert and Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs on trial -- The Green Beret doctor of death : the United States of America v. Jeffrey MacDonald -- When criminals crave the limelight : three defendants defend themselves -- Street-crime sorrows : sentencing speeches for forgotten victims -- An uphill battle : the case against the Subway Vigilante -- In the name of 6 million : the trial of Adolf Eichmann -- A victim of the war on crime : the Amadou Diallo case -- A war of the worldviews : the State of Tennessee v. John Scopes -- A confederacy of dunces : the United States of America v. Martha Stewart -- An epic affair : Bill Clinton makes history -- The Silkwood mystery : the Estate of Karen Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corporation -- Carnage in Oklahoma : the United States of America v. Timothy McVeigh -- A mother's nightmare : Augustin Ballinas v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation -- High times and nepotism at the Koch court : the United States of America v. Bess Myerson, Andy Capasso and Hortense Gabel.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (384 pages)
• Subjects: 808.85/93554; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Public Speaking; Forensic orations -- United States; Forensic orations; Forensic orations; Law -- Legal History; United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061745126
• Related ISBNs: 006174512X; 9780060509675
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.