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by Steven Lubet

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Popular author Steven Lubet brings his signature blend of humor, advocacy, and legal ethics to The Importance of Being Honest, an incisive analysis of how honesty and law play out in current affairs and historical events. Drawing on original work as well as op-ed pieces and articles that have appeared in the American Lawyer, the Chicago Tribune, and many other national publications, Lubet explores the complex aspects of honesty in the legal world.
The Importance of Being Honest is full of tales of questionable practices and poor behavior, chosen because negative examples are much richer, and often more remarkable, in their ultimate lessons. Wyatt Earp's shootout with Billy Clanton, Bill Clinton's disastrous decision to lie under oath, Oscar Wilde's self-destructive perjury in a 1896 libel trial, and the dubious resolution of Justice Scalia's duck hunting trip with Dick Cheney are only a few of the cases Lubet use to illustrate that law is a vague and boggy realm where truth, and falsehood, is seldom absolute. With his lively, insightful, and sometimes hilarious prose, Lubet takes readers on a tour of the law in our everyday lives, and forces us to rethink how we really feel about honesty and truth.

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  • Title The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law
  • Author Steven Lubet
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New York University Press, New York
  • Publication date 2008-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780814752210 / 0814752217
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 14.73 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Law Studies
  • Category Legal Reference / Law Profession
  • Library of Congress subjects Truthfulness and falsehood, Legal ethics - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007045955
  • Dewey Decimal Code 174.309

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  • Publishers Weekly, 03/10/2008, Page 72
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