And the walls came tumbling down
closing arguments that changed the way we live, from protecting free speech to winning women's suffrage to defending the right to die
by Michael S. Lief
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"From the authors of the critically acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury comes a collection of closing arguments that spans 250 years and eight landmark trials that have redefined civil rights in America and profoundly affected our society." "Until now, the closing arguments from these trials have been unavailable to the lay reader - except in the lasting effects of the decisions that they influenced. But here the authors have collected some of the most pivotal and exciting closing arguments in history - from the Amistad case, in which John Quincy Adams brought the injustice of slavery to the center stage of American politics, to the Susan B. Anthony decision, which paved the way to success for women's suffrage, to the Larry Flynt trial, in which the porn king became an unlikely champion for freedom of speech."--BOOK JACKET.
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Civil rights, Civil_Rights, Cases, Popular works, Forensic orations, Summation (Law), Law, popular worksPlaces
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And the walls came tumbling down: closing arguments that changed the way we live, from protecting free speech to winning women's suffrage to defending the right to die
2004, Scribner
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in English
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And the walls came tumbling down: closing arguments that changed the way we live, from protecting free speech to winning women's suffrage to defending the right to die
2004, Scribner
in English
0743246667 9780743246668
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And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Libertie
September 21, 2004, Scribner
Hardcover
in English
0743246667 9780743246668
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"A Lisa Drew book."
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