Books written by Alan M. Dershowitz
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Alan M. Dershowitz, Jerry Falwell, Robert L. Shapiro, Billy Martin, Anthony Pellicano, Kamala D. Harris, Robert H. Bork, David Baldacci ... She drew the bath water knowing that it would be used as the means to execute her babies; 3.
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Is There a Right to Remain Silent?: Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11
An outspoken legal scholar and author of America on Trial reveals why Fifth Amendment rights matter and how they are being reshaped, limited, and in some cases revoked in the wake of 9/11, in this absorbing look at one of the most essential ...
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The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
In this urgent book, Alan M. Dershowitz shows why American Jews are in danger of disappearing - and what must be done now to create a renewed sense of Jewish identity for the next century.
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Chutzpah
The celebrated attorney and best-selling author looks back over his life experiences, reflecting on his generation of Jewish Americans and on a variety of global issues
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The Trials of Zion
“They don't write about this kind of stuff in the history books,” Moore said with a look of solemnity returning to his handsome face. Ezratti forced a smile, masking his apprehension over the future. “Okay. Let's do it.
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Rights from Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights
*The “naturalistic fallacy” refers to G. E. Moore's discussion of the analytical flaw whereby a person “is either confusing Good with a natural or metaphysical property or holding it to be identical with such a property or making an ...
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The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
"U.S. Indicts 23 in White Supremacist Organization," New York Times, April 16, 1985, p. 16A. 9. Chip Berlet, "Armed Militias," Cambridge, Mass., June 30, 1995, p. 3. 10. Jewish Journal, Salem, Mass., July 1996. 11.
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Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law
See, e.g.,Jeff Weiner, “State Attorney Candidates Slug It Out in Debate.” Orlando Sentinel, July 25, 2012 (quoting a veteran ... Doody, 132 S.Ct. 414 (2011) 82 “Buddhist Temple Killing Retrial Begins.” CBS's KPHO, January 25, 2012.
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The Abuse Excuse: And Other Cop-outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility
According to renowned defense attorney and Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz, "abuse excuses" are enabling people to get away with murder - literally.
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Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000
Lieberman, who originally supported Thomas's nomination, changed his mind after hearing Anita Hill's testimony, which, he concluded, was “believable.” Gore also found Hill to be “believable and credible,”80 which carried the implicit ...
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Chutzpah
The well-known attorney discusses what it is like to be Jewish today, examining such issues as anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, assimilation, Zionism, civil rights, the role of Jews in the U.S.S.R., changes in Eastern Europe, and more.
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Is There a Right to Remain Silent?: Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11
In Is There a Right to Remain Silent? renowned legal scholar and bestselling author Alan Dershowitz reveals precisely why our Fifth Amendment rights matter and how they are being reshaped, limited, and in some cases revoked in the wake of ...
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The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law
Alan Dershowitz is one of America's most famous litigation experts. In the Genesis of Justice he examines the Genesis narratives to bring to the reader an insight into the creation of the ten commandments and much of what is now law.
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Reasonable Doubts: The Criminal Justice System and the O.J. Simpson Case
Using the O.J. Simpson case as a backdrop, the famous defense lawyer examines the American criminal justice system, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses
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The Advocate's Devil
From the legal tactician who has represented such famous clients as Mike Tyson, O.J. Simpson, and Michael Milken, comes a novel that goes far beyond the limits of the courtroom thriller to probe our deepest fears and asks the controversial ...
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The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
In this urgent book, Alan M. Dershowitz shows why American Jews are in danger of disappearing - and what must be done now to create a renewed sense of Jewish identity for the next century.
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Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways
A analysis of America's increasing reliance on preemptive actions, from profiling to preventive war, identifies the benefits and consequences of the nation's paradigm shift toward more preventive and proactive approaches to conflict, ...
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Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
DIVThe greatest danger facing the world today, says Alan M. Dershowitz, comes from religiously inspired, state sponsored terrorist groups that seek to develop weapons of mass destruction for use against civilian targets.
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Letters to a Young Lawyer
As defender of both the righteous and the questionable, Alan Dershowitz has become perhaps the most famous and outspoken attorney in the land.
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America on Trial: Inside the Legal Battles That Transformed Our Nation
The renowned attorney and bestselling author reveals how notable trials throughout our history have helped to shape our nation.