Letters to a Young Lawyer

图书标准信息

• 作者 Alan Dershowitz 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2005-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780465016334
• 定价 113.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Art of Mentoring

【内容简介】

Asdefenderofboththerighteousandthequestionable,AlanDershowitzhasbecomeperhapsthemostfamousandoutspokenattorneyinAmerica.Whetherornottheyagreewithhislegaltactics,mostpeoplewouldagreethathepossessesapowerfulandprofoundsenseofjustice.Inthismeditationonhisprofession,Dershowitzwritesaboutlife,law,andtheopportunitiesthatyounglawyershavetodogoodanddowellatthesametime.Weliveinanageofgrowingdissatisfactionwithlawasacareer,whichironicallycomesatatimeofunprecedentedwealthformanylawyers.Dershowitzaddressesthisparadox,aswellastheuncomfortablerealityofworkinghardforclientswhoareoftenwithoutmanyredeemingqualities.Hewritesaboutthelureofmoney,fame,andpower,aswellasabouttheseductionofsuccess.Intheprocess,heconveyssomeofthe"tricksofthetrade"thathavehelpedhimwincasesandbecomesuccessfulattheartandpracticeof"lawyering."Rangingbroadlyinsubjectmatter,thesebrief,intellectualprimerstolifeareastimulatingreadforanyonewhowantstoexperiencetheinsights,wisdomandadviceoftoday'sleadingminds.Nowavailableforthefirsttimeinhandsomeandaffordablenewpaperbackeditions.

【作者简介】

AlanDershowitz,theFelixFrankfurterProfessorofLawatHarvardLawSchool,isoneofAmerica'sforemostlegalscholars.Hisbooksincludethebest-sellingSupremeInjustice,SexualMcCarthyism,ReasonableDoubts,Chutzpah,ReversalofFortuneandRightsfromWrongs.HelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts.

【目录】

Part I: Life and Career

 1  Pick Your Heroes Carefully

 2  Live the Passion of Your Times

 3 Have a Good Enemies' List

 4 Don't Do What You're Best At

 5 Don't Have Deathbed Regrets

 6 Don't Follow "Off-the-Rack" Advice

 7 Don't Limit Your Options by Making a Lot of Money

 8 Don't Risk What You Don't Have Enough of to Get More ofWhat You Have Plenty Of

 9 Is There an Absolute Morality?

10 Should Good Lawyers Defend Bad People?

11  Defending Yourself from Legal McCarthyism

12  How to Balance Idealism, Realism and Cynicism

13 Your Last Exam

14 Self-Doubts

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