The Star Chamber: How Celebrities Go Free and Their Lawyers Become Famous

By Eric Dubin

Book Overview

The Star Chamber provides an unprecedented inside look behind celebrity trials from attorney Eric Dubin, who spent five years in the high-profile trenches culminating with his thirty-million-dollar... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597775533
• ISBN13: 9781597775533
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Phoenix Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Just plain fun!

This book is meant for people (like me!) that pay attention to celebrity trials (and tribulations) and find them interesting. It is just plain fun to read the behind the scenes stuff about people like Gloria Alred and Nancy Grace. Hey, I laughed out loud at times and really enjoyed this short book. It would be a perfect book for a plane!

GOOD READ

We need to see this in writing...that the rich and famous are treated much better

Quick Read - Great insight

It's not very often you get to read a book with all the juicy courtroom facts you don't see on TV or hear in the papers. Dubin really hit the sweet spot with this book. It is a quick, easy and enjoyable read.

living in US - read this book!

Brilliant book! It's smart, funny and really up-to-date. Cool illustrations, bright language and the caracters we all (unfortunately!) know so much about...

A tongue-in-cheek narrative of trials by media

I was interested in this book because it addresses the issue of our out-of-date court system when trying celebrity defendants--and it all starts with jury selection. The author, Eric Dubin, points out the near impossibility of finding unbiased jurors in the trials of celebrities most jurors have grown up watching/listening to. Even Dubin was star-struck by Robert Blake--and he was supposed to be proving Blake guilty of murder! This book claims that many trials are argued outside of the courtroom, with many defense lawyers employing "victim-bashing" tactics and other unsavory, unethical practices. Dubin introduces a term, "celebrity blueprint," which describes the formula high-powered defense attorneys use to get their famous clients out of jail free (so to speak). Many of the chapters feature illustrations, which had me laughing out loud because, sadly, though they're ridiculous, they're dead-on. Dubin's tongue-in-cheek style may not suit everyone, but I think the content is a must-read for those who a.) want to know the lengths to which people will go for fame; b.) want to know how Michael Jackson walked away from multiple counts of child molestation scot-free; and c.) want to know why Scott Peterson ended up convicted after following "the celebrity blueprint." There are many other reasons I enjoyed it, but I've already written far too much!