Legal Briefs - Softcover

For lawyers, law students, and anyone else who can't escape the long arm of the law, this entertaining volume includes hundreds of intriguing facts and anecdotes about a profession we all love to hate. Organized by topic, here are scores of brief entries, informative lists, witty quotations, and fascinating sidebars on every aspect of jurisprudence. From malpractice to Miranda, acquittal to voir dire, Legal Briefs is sure to amuse, instruct, and perhaps even alarm you about the state of the legal profession today.

MICHAEL D. SHOOK is the author of numerous popular reference books, including By Any Other Name and It's About Time. JEFFREY D. MEYER is an associate with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff.