基本信息出版社：Simon & Schuster
页码：288 页
出版日期：2001年06月
ISBN：0743203712
条形码：9780743203715
装帧：平装
外文书名：鲨鱼传说

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A jaw-dropping, inside look at what really happens in the offices, corridors, and courtrooms of America's justice system

To create Shark Tales, famed Washington lawyer Ron Liebman solicited stories from hundreds of colleagues in America and Britain -- and not just any stories. He asked them to supply humor, of course, but also to describe the day on which they were proudest to be lawyers, and the day when they were most ashamed. He asked for stories of wild divorces and tragic losses. He asked them to describe the worst judges and best witnesses they'd ever encountered. The result is a remarkable collection of witty, eccentric, and astounding war stories -- guaranteed to be mostly true -- displaying the nitty-gritty of life in court.

In Shark Tales, you'll read about:

The case settled not by a fingerprint left behind at the scene of the crime, but by an entire finger. The lawyer who agreed to defend a client accused of passing bad checks...a client who promptly bounced the retainer check. The senior partner in a Washington law firm who met with a group of Japanese corporate clients with whom he was compelled to reminisce about the first time he saw Tokyo: as a bomber pilot in 1945.

Funny, revealing, sad, poignant, and even exciting, Shark Tales is a hugely entertaining book for legal junkies -- authentic slices of life that reveal what really makes the law everyone's obsession.
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From Publishers Weekly
In the equivalent of a pleasant bar-stool visit with some good legal yarn spinners, lawyer-novelist Liebman (Grand Jury) collects dozens of amusing or surprising examples of human behavior from a network of lawyer friends and contacts, adding a few of his own. There''s the bitter divorce proceeding that ends with the husband stripping to the buff on a conference room table to confront his wife. There''s the paternity case in which the mother became pregnant because she found an unusual place to take "the pill." There''s the polished liar who claims, "My conscience is as good as newAI have never used it." The courtroom is not always a place of decorum: the book includes stories of a judge who furtively eats (then splatters) his lunch and a lawyer who inadvertently set his pants on fire. A few stories touch on the philosophical: a lawyer who moved to Israel to escape his work eventually found himself back in the game, while the author himself recalls a cabbie who felt betrayed by the law after his innocent daughter was shot while the drug dealer who drew the fire walked home free. Liebman also includes some gems from Disorder in the Court, published by the National Court Reporters Association; one recounts how a drunk-driving defendant looked at the lights flashing on the police car that stopped her and asked, "What disco am I at?" Agent, Robert Barnett.
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