Judge sentences : tales from the bench / Dermot Meagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meagher, Dermot, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--Massachusetts--Biography.

Judges.

Justice, Administration of--Massachusetts--Anecdotes.

Justice, Administration of.

Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court--Biography.

Massachusetts.

Meagher, Dermot, 1940-.

Meagher, Dermot.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover : University Press of New England, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tales of a judge's life on and off the bench

Contents:

Cover; More Advance Praise for Judge Sentences; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; { i } God Writes in Crooked Lines; Justice Will Prevail: Just keep on praying; The Blue-jay Feather: A tennis-playing lawyer and random acts of kindness win the day; The Rescue of Raya Stenetsky: They thought the old lady was crazy; { ii } Disorderly Conduct; Casey Quinn: She never knew what hit her; Obsession: Love is strange and can send you back to Cincinnati; Ash Wednesday: The answering machine fortuitously kept them both in the USA; Ms. Larry Lin: Appearances can be deceiving

TV Poisoning: The camera distorts everyone{ iii } Acid Reflux; The Bicycle Thieves: After a heated jury trial, the judge changes his mind; Matthew Hartnet: Not even your First Communion partner can be trusted if he's a junkie; Emergency Duty: Not just another Friday night for the on-call judge; Restraint: Some situations law school cannot prepare you for; { iv } Do You Know What I Do for a Living?; The Russian Steam-room Invader: The judge can't even go to the gym without work following; Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Will we ever learn?

The Armani Scam: Everybody goes to Harvard Squareat one time or another{ v } Don't Hurt When You Can Help; Nude Descending: After the rum, he couldn't keep his clothes on; Babysitting: There was plenty of fault to go around in this mess; Megaman: "It was the vitamins, Your Honor"; Recovery: She has HIV and a new pal with a heart of gold; { vi } Alternatives to War; Family Boundaries: The computer shatters the family; Culture Clash: A surprise witness clinches the case; Mother and Son: Drunk driving and maternal devotion don't mix

Mother and Daughter: "My daughter is a drug addict. Let me out of here."Slander: A case is expensively solved for short money; { vii } You Get What You Deserve; Shamrocks and Champerty: The old "boyos" fight it out; The Swindle: "If you're a boozer, you're a loser," unless you can stay sober for your day in court; Joey Ryan: "Hizonna" gets a comeuppance.That'll teach him to get therapeutic.; Travesty: The Lamb warning proves to be a lion; Melee: The young "boyos" fight it out; { viii } The Margin of Indifference; Boosting: She'd get it for you less than wholesale

Attorney O'Leary: He said he just wanted the money for the bus trip back home; Guns: Sometimes there's no question about what to do; Jury Duty: The judge is put on the jury, incognito; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-88662-2

9786612886621

1-55553-736-7

OCLC:

823388632