Cameras in the Courtroom
Cameras in the Courtroom

Author: Marjorie Cohn

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780742520233

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Looking at the effects of both allowing and barring television coverage of legal proceedings, Cohn (the Thomas Jefferson School of Law) and Dow, a retired CBS News correspondent, examine landmark televised trials, including those of O. J. Simpson and William Kennedy Smith, and analyze the impact of CourtTV and the history of cameras in American courtrooms. Interviews with judges, attorneys, jurors, and legal scholars shed light on the subject. This paperback reprint features a new preface by the authors, on the effect of excluding television cameras from the trial of a September 11th terrorist. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand
Machine Gun Kelly's Last Stand

Author: Stanley Hamilton

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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This story of a 1933 kidnapping gone terribly wrong recreates the lawlessness of the era, and discusses how this case--followed breathlessly by the media and a fascinated public--became the first high-profile success of a fledgling FBI. 15 photos.

Out of Order
Out of Order

Author: Sandra Day O'Connor

Publisher: Random House Incorporated

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0812993926

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The former Supreme Court justice shares stories about the history and evolution of the Supreme Court that traces the roles of key contributors while sharing the events behind important transformations.