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And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Closing Arguments That Changed the Way We Live
Michael S. Lief H. Mitchell Caldwell Scribner www.simonsays.com 390 pp., $30
A notable flaw in traditional legal education is its single-minded focus on the language of landmark cases, to the exclusion of both the historical context and the personalities involved. In a bold departure from this case-method myopia, Michael S. Lief and H. Mitchell Caldwell's book, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, brings alive past courtroom struggles for individual rights and civil liberties, infused with drama and human interest.
There is praiseworthy economy and editorial discretion in the presentation of the book's eight landmark cases, which cover the right to die, slavery, the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklists, women's suffrage, freedom of the press, free speech, access to health care, and forced sterilization. While some--such as the epic battle between Jerry Falwell and Larry Flynt--have...
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