The case against lawyers : [how lawyers, politicians, and bureaucrats have turned the law into an instrument of tyranny, and what we as citizens have to do about it]
(2003)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Books In Motion, 2003
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 11 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781581167597 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11613072, 1581167598 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11613072
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Cameron Beierle

As a child, Catherine Crier was enchanted by film portrayals of crusading lawyers like Clarence Darrow and Atticus Finch. As a District Attorney, private lawyer, and judge, she saw firsthand how the U.S. Justice system worked, and when it didn't. One of the most respected legal journalists, she confronts an unfair legal system that produces profits for the few, and frustration and injustice for the many. The Case Against Lawyers is both an angry indictment and eloquent plea for a return to common sense. It decries a system of laws so complex that even their enforcers cannot understand them. It unmasks a litigation-crazed society where billion-dollar judgments mostly line the pockets of personal injury lawyers. It deplores regulatory stupidity, such as warning labels on strollers reading "remove child before folding." This book will make readers hopping mad, and may make them realize the only response is to demand change. Now!

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