Law in American History (And in Mine)

This book charts that uneven trajectory, investigating great and infamous trials, chronicling historic individuals' entanglements within the legal system, demonstrating how the high and mighty have sometimes gotten away (literally) with murder, illustrating the significance of individual lawyers to our nation, and revealing how single trials and hearings have changed the course of American history. C. Evan Stewart pulls no punches in his compelling accounts of the law during our country's 200-plus years. For example, he examines an iconic decision by one of America's greatest judges and provides new analysis and criticism. He also provides a comprehensive account (from a trial lawyer's perspective) of all of the many errors that contributed to the debacle of the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. Stewart also (for the first time) provides a legal analysis of the 1969 Chappaquiddick tragedy. And finally (but not least), after a lifetime of study, he resolves the (seemingly) greatest mystery of the twentieth century: who killed President Kennedy (and why).