Kentucky lawyer / Mac Swinford.

Presenting the most humorous, enlightening, and touching moments of a remarkable fifty-year career, Kentucky Lawyer provides an authoritative and enjoyable portrayal of the legal profession. Mac Swinford, a legend of the Kentucky bar and bench, tackles topics ranging from the importance of amicus cu...

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Main Author: Swinford, Mac
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cincinnati, OH : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • No comment
  • Voices in the night
  • Attributes of the Kentucky lawyer
  • An "overspeaking" judge
  • According to law or instructions
  • Namesake
  • Sturdy oak
  • "Less sympathy, more consideration"
  • Helping the judge
  • "Pass the sugar"
  • University of Camargo
  • Importance of the law
  • Dedication of the Kentucky lawyer
  • All the way
  • Amicus curiae
  • Boredom
  • Juries usually arrive at correct decision
  • Wrong man on trial
  • No kiss for Uncle Harry
  • The case of the diamond ring
  • Battle of San Juan Hill
  • The League of Nations
  • The Prohibition Era
  • The purchase
  • Cost of love
  • A plea for mercy
  • Trial of prohibition violators
  • Santa Claus
  • Some confusion
  • Lawyers and politics
  • "Yellow dog democrat?"
  • Two of a kind
  • A Kentucky ghost story
  • Aftermath
  • Lawyers as jurors
  • Great teacher
  • Giant and dwarf
  • Naturalization hearings
  • Whose America is this?
  • No striped pants
  • Rules of court
  • Obligations of the judiciary
  • Umbrellas
  • Solid foundation
  • Old-fashioned orator
  • "Old ring"
  • Sho' 'nuf bad weather
  • Henry Clay
  • Look to the hills
  • The ever-growing law.