No comments about Suicide Lawyers: Exposing Lethal Secrets.

No comments about Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior.

No comments about Thunder Over Zion: The Life and Times of Chief Judge Willis W Ritter.

1 comments about Watergate Prosecutor.

1. If Bill Merrill doesn't deserve the Medal of Freedom I don't know who would. He put it all on the line to uphold the fundamental principles on which this democracy is based. Every American should buy and read this book.

2 comments about A Justice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions That Transformed America.

1. I became interested in Justice Brennan after reading the brilliant book The Brethren by Bob Woodward. Brennan came across as the most interesting Justice in that book (although they all came off as people one would like to read about).
   
   Eisler's book is good, gives a readable account of Brennan's life and accomplishments in and out of the court. I would like to have seen some more opinions on Brennan from other sources after his retirement but apart from that, a good account of a groundbreaking Justice.



2. Although few people knew his name, Supreme Court Justice William Brennan became a force of history. Applying his belief that the Constitution and Bill of Rights was written for all Americans, Brennan shaped the nation by attaining majorities is such cases as Roe v. Wade and Texas v. Johnson (flag burning). His legacy is one of justice and equality, of cooperation and liberty, of criminal rights and human rights, of compassion, moral rectitude and courage. If you do not know this man, you do not know the greatest force in constitutional law this American century has ever seen. Kim Eisler, using various sources, opened a window through which every American can see the Court, and one of its most important jurists, in langauge we can all understand. The best book on the Supreme Court (and a supreme Justice) I have ever read.

4 comments about Blue Trust: The Author, the Lawyer, His Wife, and Her Money.

1. The book was in great condition, but I find the shipping that and I paid and what was used to be out of line. Other than that the transaction went very smoothly



2. The Blue Trust chronicles the rise and fall of two highly ambitious people, Bruce and Lynne Verchere. For those of us who worked at Manac Systems in the mid-eighties there is some grim sense of satisfaction with respect to the destiny of Lynne Verchere. The author avoids the darker side of Vercheres personality, but for those of us who knew her, any sense of pity that the story elicits is mitigated by the reality of having dealt with her on a day to day basis. Lynne Verchere was not a victim. The final tragedy of Bruce Verchere is a metaphor for the gaping hole in her own psyche. Notwithstanding the mess he had made of his life, Bruce Vercheres last desperate act was undoubtedly triggered by her final "victory" over him.



3. Interesting because it's a true story, and for Canadians some recognizable names, but oh does it ramble. This story could have and should have been told in 100 pages not 373.



4. This book demonstrates how reality is stranger then fiction.Wonderfully researched, this story illustrates the folly of deciet and selfishness.

   How the wildest successes can end in tragedy because of weakness in character.

   This true story chronicles the life of a tax lawyer, his wife, a successful software entrepreneur, and includes among other household names, the Arthur Hailey family.

   This story unfolds like a classic Greek tragedy set in contemporary western times,I look forward to reading it again for all the important lessons it holds.

1 comments about Hanging Judge.

1. Written in the 1950's, this book displays a remarkable lack of research and fact. Read S.W. Harman's 'Hell on the Border' instead. The book reflects more about the time it was written than the the person it is describing.

1 comments about Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography of ANC leader Joe Slovo.

1. excelent book all about slovos fights with apartheit. the only white leader of the a.n.c A FIGHTER TO THE END.

No comments about The March of Civil Rights: The Benjamin Hooks Story (ABA Biography Series).

No comments about Judge in the Senate: Howell Heflin's Career of Politics and Priciples.