Twenty Famous Lawyers (Signed and Inscribed)

Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title page.  218pp. Laminated light card covers.  8vo.  A little gentle edge wear to covers and text block edges else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. With a backdrop of famous legal cases and personalities, Twenty Famous Lawyers is a kaleidoscope of information about the legal profession and it history in the world of lawyers.  To the fore are 20 individual lawyers representative of those who have left their mark on legal history - ranging across countries, cultures and time, these are the people who have cemented the rule of law and its values.  From high politics to human rights to legal loopholes and downright treachery, the book is a celebration of those who push at boundaries and challenge injustice.