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The legal exhibitionist : Morris Ernst, Jewish identity, and the modern celebrity lawyer
Title
The legal exhibitionist : Morris Ernst, Jewish identity, and the modern celebrity lawyer / Joel Silverman.
ISBN
9781683933359
1683933354
9781683933366
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2022]
Physical Description
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"The Legal Exhibitionist explores Morris Ernst's use of "exhibitionism" to transform himself from insecure youth into America's most popular lawyer. Though Ernst later abandoned his progressive values to defend the FBI and a Dominican dictator and is today largely unknown, his story presaged the phenomenon of the modern celebrity attorney"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Silverman, Joel. Legal exhibitionist Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2022]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2022
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pre-trial jitters
The sex side of life : courting the media and attacking the censors
"You can't forge a womb" : defending privacy
Expanding sexual boundaries
Ulysses, Ernst, and literary translation
Promoting birth and life
From court giant to "court jester"
Conclusion : the legal exhibitionist.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies.
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