Reversal of Fortune
Inside the Von Bulow Case
Published on 2. January 2013
288 pages
978-0-307-82831-6 (ISBN)
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Defense attorney and Harvard law professor provides an insider's account of the trial, appeal, subsequent retrial, and acquittal in the murder case of Claus von Bulow, profiling the people involved.
NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
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04/1986
Random House USA Inc
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Alan M. Dershowitz is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 books. His articles have appeared in hundreds of publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Harvard Law Review, The Yale Law Journal, The Jerusalem Post, and Haaretz. He is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, emeritus, at Harvard Law School, and has worked for more than 50 years in the areas of civil liberties, human rights, and criminal law. Honors he has received include the Anti-Defamation League's William O. Douglas First Amendment Freedom Award.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dramatis Personae
- Setting the Stage
- Part I: The First Trial: Of Blue Bloods, Blood Sugars and Sugar Daddies
- 1. The Maid's Story: Loyalty and Treachery
- 2. The Son's Story: The Search for the Black Bag
- 3. The Doctors' Story: Blood Sugar and Insulin
- 4. The Banker's and the Mistress's Story: Greed, Love and Lust
- 5. Joy O'Neill's Story: The Defense Case
- 6. The Lawyers' Stories: Irresistible Combinations
- Part II: Between the Trials: A Hard Second Look
- 7. Learning the Rhode Island Shuffle
- 8. The Old Story Retold
- 9. High Society
- 10. The Prince, the Pusher and the Parish Priest
- 11. Trial and Error
- 12. Not Guilty by Reason of Innocence
- 13. Reversals of Fortune
- Part III: The Second Trial: Tried and Tried Again
- 14. Preparing for the New Trial-with the Kuh Notes
- 15. The Multiple-Choice Prosecution
- 16. The True-or-False Defense
- 17. The Last Word
- 18. The Jury Decides
- Part IV: The Aftermath: Residues and Revenge
- 19. Jury versus Jury
- 20. Suitable for Framing
- 21. Money Talks, but Who Listens?
- 22. The Ongoing Story
- Epilogue
- Chronology
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
