Journal Et Memoires de Mathieu Marais, Avocat Au Parlement de Paris. T 2 (Ed.1863-1868) (Litterature)
by Mathieu Marais
Journal Et Memoires de Mathieu Marais, Avocat Au Parlement de Paris. T 3 (Ed.1863-1868) (Litterature)
by Mathieu Marais
God Found Some of the Strongest Men and Made Them Real Estate Agents
by Journals Factory
The Prophet of Harvard Law
by Andrew Porwancher, Austin Coffey, Taylor Jipp, and Jake Mazeitis
Amid the halls of Harvard Law, a professor of legend, James Bradley Thayer, shaped generations of students from 1874 to 1902. His devoted protÉgÉs included future Supreme Court justices, appellate judges, and law school deans. The legal giants of the Progressive Era—Holmes, Brandeis, and Hand, to name only a few—--came under Thayer’s tutelage in their formative years.He imparted to his pupils a novel jurisprudence, attuned to modern realities, that would become known as legal realism. Thayer’s s...
The Complete Works of Job Durfee, Late Chief Justice of Rhode Island (1849)
by Job Durfee
Born in Dublin in 1854, Edward Carson was one of the leading barristers of his day. He practised at both the Irish and English bars, and was the relentless prosecuting counsel in the celebrated trial of Oscar Wilde. However, maintaining the Union was the guiding star of his life. A Unionist MP since 1892; he first took office in 1900 as solicitor-general under Salisbury. When Asquith's 1912 Home Rule Bill was introduced he mobilised Protestant Ulster against it, playing a leading role in the for...
The Legal Exhibitionist (The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Law, Culture, and the Humanities)
by Joel Silverman
A Catalogue of Notable Middle Templars, with Brief Biographical Notices
by John Hutchinson
In A Mind of Their Own, attorney Anthony V. Curto reflects on a long and distinguished—and sometimes surprising—career as a partner with several major New York law firms. Rather than offering a conventional chronological account of his life, Anthony V. Curto spins out a collection of stories focusing on the remarkable people he legally represented in national and international matters. A Mind of Their Own offers a captivating, behind-the-scenes look into the life of a skilled lawyer as he wor...
When Clinton Giddings Brown (1882-1964) retired from a long and successful career as a trial lawyer in San Antonio, Texas, fishing on the Gulf Coast was out--by doctor's orders. So he sat on the front gallery of his house in San Antonio and fished with a lead pencil in the richly stocked memories of his professional life. "Some days I didn't get a nibble, but some mornings they were biting fine." The resultant and delightful catch is the story of a full, merry, and successful life. From the day...
The Lives and Times of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Second Series
by Henry Flanders
In this unique, profoundly inspirational memoir, Divorce Court star Judge Lynn Toler shares her mother's wisdom for learning to conquer anger and become immune to insult. Toler credits her mother's "rules" for life a life that saw her grow up the daughter of a poor teen mother and endure a husband who suffered mental illness and alcoholism with providing the grounding for her own success and happiness. Toler shows how the mindset of "a black woman who knew how to make things work" taught he...
