Insights on about 14 significant legal cases which Dershowitz judges to be among the most significant of the 20th Century. Cases include Roe vs. Wade, the Sacco & Vanzetti 1920's murder case, the Bush vs. Gore 2000 Presidential Election Supreme Court decision among others. If you, like I, have wonderded in the past how twelve people made the decision they made in the O.J. case, there is information here which you might find interesting. Also, if you remember the Mike Tyson rape case against that Indiana pagent contestent, you might find the additional information that the author presents as eye-opening as well. All in all, insightful and interesting, even if much of the book is a re-hash of information from a number of Dershowitz's earlier books. ( )

Law and Experience
Professor Dershowitz discusses about cases that in his view are paradigms of American Law. In some of these judgments he worked as a lawyer, so one can expect that his account gives interesting details, despite the fact that his conclusions have some bias. The course centers in exposing the facts of the cases and the ways that american’s courts operate. Dershowitz storytelling captivates the listener. ( )