My Life in Court

My Life in Court

â€œThe laymanâ€™s impression of a trial frequently comes from stage, motion picture, and television sources, which, while invariably exciting, are a pale simulation of a real trial. My quarrel with these presentations is not that they are technically incorrect, but that they are substantially inadequate. They lack emotional authenticity. They tend to become stereotyped. Their falsity largely defeats their authorsâ€™ purpose because the excitement, surprise, and meaningfulness of a real court contest are incomparable and elude imagination. In fictional court scenes one sharp contradiction often breaks the witness, who then hysterically screams a confession. In real life the witnessâ€™s fortitude in the face of exposure is as remarkable as a human bodyâ€™s resistance to incredible torment. The need to survive creates desperation, and desperation makes possible survival. This circle of determination is not easily broken, and in the succeeding pages one will find dozens of entrapments and startling contradictions, leaving the witness no retreat and compelling him to admit his error. Yet he continues to fight back and clutch for the remote chance that the tide will turn and he will not go under. Sometimes, it does, and the bizarre developments that bring it about are also beyond inventiveness. This gruesome struggle exceeds the artificial concept of authors of what constitutes court drama in the same way that true human experience in any sphere exceeds the patterned concept of some fiction.â€

This gripping legal classic is organized as follows:

Prologue: Opening the Green Doors
1. Reputation: The Libel Case of Quentin Reynolds vs. Westbrook Pegler
2. Divorce: The â€œWar of the Rosesâ€ and Others
3. Talent: The Case of the Plagiarized Song â€œRum and Coca-Colaâ€
4. Honor: Issue of Nazism in America
5. Life and Limb: Two Cases of Negligence
6. Proxy Battle: The Struggle Over Loewâ€™s
Country USA
Manufacturer Ravenio Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ravenio Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-11-25
Format	Kindle eBook

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