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Things Are Seldom What They Seem: Judges And Lawyers In The Tales Of Mark Twain, Lucia A. Silecchia
Things Are Seldom What They Seem: Judges And Lawyers In The Tales Of Mark Twain, Lucia A. Silecchia
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This article explores the many and varies legal characters that populated the bench and bar in Mark Twain’s work. Judges and lawyers have long captivated the minds and talents of authors, and Twain was a prolific creator of jurisprudential characters. This article’s thesis is that a careful study of Twain’s fiction reveals a disturbing pattern of inconsistency between the conduct of his attorneys and judges and the quality of justice that their actions bring about. In all too many of Twain’s tales, true “justice” is far more likely to be achieved where lawyers and judges violate legal rules through deception, …
Lawyering Process: My Thanks For The Book And The Movie, Leah Wortham
Lawyering Process: My Thanks For The Book And The Movie, Leah Wortham
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The author's memories of "the movie version" of The Lawyering Process, two courses she took in Gary Bellow's first two years at Harvard Law School (1971-73), are compared to the text and problem supplements published in 1978. The author traces the influence of those courses and books on her externship course and textbook, written with others. She cites the value of Bellow & Moulton's pioneering employment of visual and kinesthetic learning modes and explicit statement to students about educational goals and methods. She identifies paradigms for lawyering tasks that have remained useful to her throughout her career. With twenty-one years …