| The Quotable Lawyer Contributor(s): Lyons, Tony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1602399476 ISBN-13: 9781602399471 Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Quotations - Law | Legal Profession - Law | Reference |
| Dewey: 340 |
| LCCN: 2009039538 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.56" W x 6.9" (1.00 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The legal system and the lawyers who operate in (and around) it have influenced society and continue to do so today. In this age of the slip-and-fall, "false" advertising, and medical "malpractice," it's clear that the quest for justice has not always been easy--it's also been hilarious, poignant, enlightening, and scandalous. Words from renowned lawyers, not-so-renowned lawyers, judges, authors, politicians, philosophers, and preachers make up this collection of over five hundred memorable, bite-sized quotations about the lives of lawyers; the law; landmark cases; and quips, jokes, and humorous sayings. Included in this diverse compendium are quotations by and about lawyers and law: "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."--U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. "The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business."--Clarence Darrow "We do not get good laws to restrain bad people. We get good people to restrain bad laws."--G. K. Chesterton "A lawyer will do anything to win a case--sometimes he will even tell the truth."--Patrick Murray |