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Title: Gideon's Trumpet by ANTHONY LEWIS ISBN: 0-679-72312-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The true story of a man fighting for his right
Comment: Clarence Earl Gideon would have been less than an historical footnote had he not written to the U.S. Supreme Court asking for, in essence, a "get out of jail free" card. Gideon, who would be a career criminal by contemporary definitions, was in a Florida jail for breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor. In his letter to the nation's highest court, Gideon wrote in pencil that his constitutional rights were violated when he was denied the right to have an attorney at his trial. In the end, the Supreme Court agreed with Gideon and reversed a prior decision to hold that people in Gideon's position (but not all accused persons) are entitled to the assistance of a lawyer and to have the state pay for one if necessary.
"Gideon's Trumpet" tells the story of one man's improbable battle and the Court's ultimate decision in his favor. Author Anthony Lewis has done a remarkable job of putting a human face (several, actually) on one of the landmark cases in criminal procedure and in making the story accessible to any adult regardless of a lack of formal legal training. In "Gideon's Trumpet," Lewis presents all of the characters as humans, not simply as people whose names later stand for legal rules (a la Miranda). "Gideon's Trumpet" also represents a ray of hope for those who think the legal system is solely the prerogative of the wealthy and politically connected, for here is the story of a virtual nobody who without the help of an attorney undertook a monumental process. In fact, "Gideon's Trumpet" might be a bit too optimistic. Written in 1964, the book could not have foreseen the subsequent studies that have shown that *Gideon v. Wainright* (the name of the case) has not substantially altered conviction rates. Still, the book tells a remarkable story quite well. Perhaps the highest praise is that this true story reads as a novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic, Essential Reading For All Law Students
Comment: Gideon's Trumpet is an eloquent and informative look at a very important story in the history of the United States legal system. Not only will it teach you about the evolution of the right to counsel from the case of Gideon v. Wainwright, but it teaches you much about the practices, intricacies and eccentricities of the Supreme Court and its members. This book should be considered essential and required reading for all law students. I loved it and learned much from it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spellbound by the true story and the writing
Comment: Simply a brief review as the book has been out for years, but is still worth your time to read how fundamental constitutional law is breathed to life from the words of our United States Constitution by the United States Supreme Court from a then backwater county, Bay County, Florida, in the Panhandle region of North Florida.
Bay County's county seat is Panama City, next to the world famous Panama City Beach -- where girls go wild, spring break brings in thousands and thousands and where crime continues...
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Title: A Civil Action by JONATHAN HARR ISBN: 0679772677 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 27 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Buffalo Creek Disaster : How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history broughtsuit against the coal company--and won by Gerald M. Stern ISBN: 0394723430 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1977 List Price(USD): $10.20 |
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Title: One L : The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446673781 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Introduction to Legal Reasoning by Edward H. Levi ISBN: 0226474089 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: February, 1962 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Nature of the Judicial Process by Benjamin N. Cardozo ISBN: 0300000332 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1985 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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