The Abuse Excuse: And Other Cop-Outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility

by Alan M. Dershowitz

Book Overview

According to renowned defense attorney and Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz, "abuse excuses" are enabling people to get away with murder - literally. From the Menendez brothers to Lorena... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316181358
• ISBN13: 9780316181358
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable book by a master attorney for our time

Without doubt, Alan Dershowitz is a brilliant attorney and proves his thesis superbly. Although it is politically correct to attack lawyers...I for one think Mr. Dershowitz and Gerry Spence are Supreme Court material. Read this book and learn the art of critical thinking.