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"""The fearless, peerless Alan Dershowitz."" --Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, late Chief Rabbi of Great Britain ""Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz's book."" --Truman Capote ""Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage."" --Elie Wiesel ""Astonishingly brilliant courtroom presence [and] a subtle and compelling theorist of civil liberties."" --Henry Louis Gates ""Alan Dershowitz powerfully advocates the fundamental precept that civil liberties and constitutional rights must be protected for all individuals and groups, even those whose beliefs we reject and condemn, lest we endanger freedoms for everyone. He persuasively champions liberalism as promoting this core but embattled tenet."" --Nadine Strossen, former president of the National ACLU; professor at New York Law School ""Alan Dershowitz's commitment to free speech, fundamental fairness, and an open culture of freedom of expression has made him the scourge of both censors and double standards. He understands deeply that those who seek to silence others, either through governmental acts or a revival of McCarthy-era blacklists, are removing the protections of liberty on which all of us depend for our future freedom."" --Alan Charles Kors, Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania ""Love him or hate him, Dershowitz has lived a life that matters, hugely and enduringly. He is a man in full at a time when most of us aspire to be little more than a presence on Twitter."" --New York Times Book Review ""An intellectual heavyweight."" --The Economist ""Loud, provocative, brilliant, and principled...."" --Politico"

The fearless, peerless Alan Dershowitz. --Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, late Chief Rabbi of Great Britain Anyone interested in the true merits of criminal law and very fine writing must read Alan Dershowitz's book. --Truman Capote Alan Dershowitz speaks with great passion and personal courage. --Elie Wiesel Astonishingly brilliant courtroom presence [and] a subtle and compelling theorist of civil liberties. --Henry Louis Gates Alan Dershowitz powerfully advocates the fundamental precept that civil liberties and constitutional rights must be protected for all individuals and groups, even those whose beliefs we reject and condemn, lest we endanger freedoms for everyone. He persuasively champions liberalism as promoting this core but embattled tenet. --Nadine Strossen, former president of the National ACLU; professor at New York Law School Alan Dershowitz's commitment to free speech, fundamental fairness, and an open culture of freedom of expression has made him the scourge of both censors and double standards. He understands deeply that those who seek to silence others, either through governmental acts or a revival of McCarthy-era blacklists, are removing the protections of liberty on which all of us depend for our future freedom. --Alan Charles Kors, Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pennsylvania Love him or hate him, Dershowitz has lived a life that matters, hugely and enduringly. He is a man in full at a time when most of us aspire to be little more than a presence on Twitter. --New York Times Book Review An intellectual heavyweight. --The Economist Loud, provocative, brilliant, and principled.... --Politico

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Alan Dershowitz is one of the most celebrated lawyers in the world. He was the youngest full professor in Harvard Law School history where he is now the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus. The author of numerous bestselling books, fromChutzpahtoGuilt by AccusationtoThe Case Against Impeaching TrumptoThe Best DefensetoReversal of Fortune(which was made into an Academy Awardwinning film) toDefending Israel, Dershowitz has advised presidents and prime ministers and has represented many prominent men and women, half of them pro bono.

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