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Kentucky lawyer / Mac Swinford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swinford, Mac.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judges--Kentucky--Biography.
- Judges.
- Lawyers--Kentucky.
- Lawyers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (137 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presenting the most humorous, enlightening, and touching moments of a remarkable fifty-year career, Kentucky Lawyer provides an authoritative and enjoyable portrayal of the legal profession. Mac Swinford, a legend of the Kentucky bar and bench, tackles topics ranging from the importance of amicus curiae to the court's encounters with Santa Claus.
- Contents:
- No comment
- Voices in the night
- Attributes of the Kentucky lawyer
- An "overspeaking" judge
- According to law or instructions
- Namesake
- Sturdy oak
- "Less sympathy, more consideration"
- Helping the judge
- "Pass the sugar"
- University of Camargo
- Importance of the law
- Dedication of the Kentucky lawyer
- All the way
- Amicus curiae
- Boredom
- Juries usually arrive at correct decision
- Wrong man on trial
- No kiss for Uncle Harry
- The case of the diamond ring
- Battle of San Juan Hill
- The League of Nations
- The Prohibition Era
- The purchase
- Cost of love
- A plea for mercy
- Trial of prohibition violators
- Santa Claus
- Some confusion
- Lawyers and politics
- "Yellow dog democrat?"
- Two of a kind
- A Kentucky ghost story
- Aftermath
- Lawyers as jurors
- Great teacher
- Giant and dwarf
- Naturalization hearings
- Whose America is this?
- No striped pants
- Rules of court
- Obligations of the judiciary
- Umbrellas
- Solid foundation
- Old-fashioned orator
- "Old ring"
- Sho' 'nuf bad weather
- Henry Clay
- Look to the hills
- The ever-growing law.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Cincinnati : W.H. Anderson Co., [1963].
- ISBN:
- 9786613232489
- 9781283232487
- 1283232480
- 9780813129266
- 0813129265
- OCLC:
- 753968199
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