There is an evident fascination with American popular culture abroad. In 2011, Hollywood's
global ticket sales hit $32.6 billion, with American box offices making up only $10.2 billion of …

Foreword by Alan Dershowitz-professor of law, Harvard Law School and author of Trials of
ZionHigh-profile courtroom dramas fascinate our nation, especially when they concern the …

In the 1980s, Eddie Dodd, the criminal lawyer protagonist in the film True Believer, finds
himself contesting prosecution cases against drug dealer clients who have admitted their …

From the preliminary hearing to the trial, legal pundits repeated a mantra to whomever
would listen:" What you are watching is an aberration. This is not how our criminal justice …

Introduction: A Time of Tabloid Justice we delineate the major features of each period and
provide a more detailed definition of tabloid justice. Historically, the term tabloid has …

OJ Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King.
These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events …

The process begins with the resounding alarm of the telephone, generally between 6: 30
and 7: 00 in the morning. My mind and body, having awoken earlier to the sound of my …

From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of
the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must …

The time to plan for a hurricane is not when the storm is thirty miles offcoast barreling toward
shore, but on a tranquil, sunny day. Similarly, the time to plan for a high-profile trial is before …

The adversarial system is one of checks and balances, whose dual objectives are to punish
the guilty for their crimes while protecting innocent persons from false conviction. If criminal …