And the walls came tumbling down : greatest closing arguments protecting civil liberties / Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell.

New York : Scribner, 2006.

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Civil rights -- United States.

1. To be or not to be: Karen Ann Quinlan and the right to die

2. The Amistad odyssey: American courts decide if a free man can be forced into slavery

3. Enemy within: radio star John Henry Faulk challenges the McCarthy-era backlist

4. A woman's rightful place: Susan B. Anthony casts a vote and battles for the ballot

5. The truth shall set you free: the English Crown and colonial government try muzzling newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger and the fledgling American press

6. The porn king and the preacher: Larry Flynt takes on the moral majority and becomes an unlikely champion for free speech

7. What price too high? One woman's fight for survival against cancer and her HMO

8. Cleansing the gene pool: Carrie Buck's forced sterilization and the limits on reproductive freedom.

The civil rights enjoyed by Americans have been assured by cases that have produced monumental shifts in America's cultural, political and legal landscapes. This book showcases eight of the most exciting closing arguments in American civil law.

Includes index.

"A Lisa Drew book."

9780743246675

404 p. ; 24 cm