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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Description
The incomparable master of the legal thriller takes us deeper into the labyrinth that is the American justice system, always drawing us in with an irresistible hook, pulling the thread of tension tighter and tighter, and then knocking us out with a conclusion that's never "by the book."
11) Class action
Pub. Date
2004, c1991
Description
Two lawyers, father and daughter, face off against each other in a multimillion dollar lawsuit. The case concerns a potentially defective auto design that could involve corporate corruption and violations of legal ethics.
12) Marine One
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Description
The President rushes across the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly during the pounding thunderstorm, but he insists. The helicopter crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard. The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike...
13) Los litigantes
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Una manana, David Zinc, un joven abogado de un bufete prestigioso, sobrecargado de trabajos que no le interesan nada, decide que no puede mas y se dirige directamente a un bar donde se emborracha hasta perder el conocimiento.En un barrio degradado del sur de Chicago se encuentra el bufete de abogados Finley & Figg. Defienden a algun conductor borracho, tramitan divorcios sencillos y sobre todo buscan clientes en los pasillos de urgencias de los hospitales...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Class action: two lawyers, father and daughter, face off against each other in a multi-million dollar lawsuit. The case concerns a potentially defective auto design that could involve corporate corruption and violations of legal ethics
Runaway jury: after a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not...
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