The Improbable Advocate

Author : A.T. Cullen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477116540
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Improbable Advocate written by A.T. Cullen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courtroom drama set in 1966 in Sydney, the novel traces the path of a murder investigation which results in a prominent politician being charged with the murder of his young lover. An inexperienced lawyer is surprisingly engaged to brief a down and out barrister by the accused's wife, and as the facts unfold, the myriad motives of the characters become enmeshed in a legal power struggle. Death, betrayal, passion and perjury combine in a complex web, where legal tactics and ethical obligations collide. BOOK REVIEW: "Cullen writes well and the action and dialogue move along at a steady and lively pace. Unlike some first-time novelists, Cullen manages to keep himself out of the narrative and allows his characters to carry the load. The author excels at creating the ethical and tactical dilemmas faced by defence attorneys. Overall, there is no doubt a jury would deliver a unanimous favourable verdict on The Improbable Advocate." -Foreword Clarion Review.

Author : David L. Kirp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199391092
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improbable Scholars written by David L. Kirp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work"--

Author : Brian Katcher
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062272799
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak written by Brian Katcher and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak is Stonewall Award-winning author Brian Katcher's hilarious he said/she said romance about two teens discovering themselves on an out-of-this-world accidental first date at a sci-fi convention. When Ana Watson's brother ditches a high school trip to run wild at Washingcon, type-A Ana knows that she must find him or risk her last shot at freedom from her extra-controlling parents. In her desperation, she's forced to enlist the last person she'd ever want to spend time with—slacker Zak Duquette—to help find her brother before morning comes. But over the course of the night, while being chased by hordes of costumed Vikings and zombies, Ana and Zak begin to open up to each other. Soon, what starts as the most insane nerdfighter manhunt transforms into so much more. . . .

Author : A T Cullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Improbable Advocate written by A T Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHY DOES A GOVERNMENT MINISTER BRIEF AN AGED BARRISTER AND A ROOKIE SOLICITOR TO FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE?DOES THE ACCUSED'S WIFE REALLY WANT HIM CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF HIS LOVER?A courtroom drama set in 1966 in Sydney, the novel traces the path of a murder investigation which results in a prominent politician being charged with the murder of his young lover.An inexperienced lawyer is surprisingly engaged to brief a down and out barrister by the accused's wife, and as the facts unfold, the myriad motives of the characters become enmeshed in a legal power struggle.Death, betrayal, passion and perjury combine in a complex web, where legal tactics and ethical obligations collide.AN INTRIGUING COURTROOM DRAMA - FIRST5 IN A SERIES.BOOK REVIEW: 'Cullen writes well and the action and dialogue move along at a steady and lively pace. Unlike some first time novelists, Cullen manages to keep himself out of the narrative and allows his characters to carry the load. The author excels at creating the ethical and tactical dilemmas faced by defence attorneys.Overall, there is no doubt a jury would deliver a unanimous favourable verdict on The Improbable Advocate.'Foreword Clarion Review.4.1 STARS ON GOODREADS - 78 RATINGS.

Author : Sarah Vogel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635575257
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Farmer's Lawyer written by Sarah Vogel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new foreword by Willie Nelson "An exquisitely written American saga." --Sarah Smarsh The "remarkably well told and heartfelt" (John Grisham) story of a young lawyer's impossible legal battle to stop the federal government from foreclosing on thousands of family farmers. In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate, they called Sarah Vogel in North Dakota. Sarah, a young lawyer and single mother, listened to farmers who were on the verge of losing everything and, inspired by the politicians who had helped farmers in the '30s, she naively built a solo practice of clients who couldn't afford to pay her. Sarah began drowning in debt and soon her own home was facing foreclosure. In a David and Goliath legal battle reminiscent of A Civil Action or Erin Brockovich, Sarah brought a national class action lawsuit, which pitted her against the Reagan administration's Department of Justice, in her fight for family farmers' Constitutional rights. It was her first case. A courageous American story about justice and holding the powerful to account, The Farmer's Lawyer shows how the farm economy we all depend on for our daily bread almost fell apart due to the willful neglect of those charged to protect it, and what we can learn from Sarah's battle as a similar calamity looms large on our horizon once again.

Author : Katherine E. Knutson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135054851
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interfaith Advocacy written by Katherine E. Knutson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the historic Minnesota state government shutdown of 2011 as a backdrop, Interfaith Advocacy describes the work of the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition, an interfaith advocacy group that brings together leaders from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim traditions to advocate on behalf of a range of policies. As the nation’s first statewide interfaith lobbying group, the story of the JRLC facilitates an examination of the role of political advocacy groups in state level American politics: what they are, how and why they form, how they mobilize citizens to participate in the political process, how they work to influence government, and what their impact is on American democracy. With research based on two years of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and analysis of archival records, this volume offers proof that it is possible to build successful long term political coalitions among improbable allies. The book investigates both the strengths and weaknesses of this model of advocacy and concludes that the presence of religious advocacy groups in the political process offers substantial benefits of representation, concern for underrepresented issues and groups, and the development of networks of social capital. Interfaith Advocacy is grounded in the theoretical literature of political science but also accessible to all readers who have an interest in political advocacy, state politics, or religion and politics.

Author : United States. Air Force. Judge Advocate General
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1220 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Court-martial Reports of the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force written by United States. Air Force. Judge Advocate General and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 4 contains cumulative table of cases reported and citator.

Author : Byron Kosciusko Elliott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Work of the Advocate written by Byron Kosciusko Elliott and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2160 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 2160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chen Guangcheng
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0805098062
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Barefoot Lawyer written by Chen Guangcheng and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electrifying memoir by the blind Chinese activist who inspired millions with the story of his fight for justice and his belief in the cause of freedom It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. Days later, he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, and only a furious round of high-level negotiations made it possible for him to leave China and begin a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than anyone knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country's poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations and abortions under the hated "one child" policy. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest. After nearly two years of increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, The Barefoot Lawyer tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle.