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Extensive resource on literary reviews and criticism on short stories, poetry, Shakespeare, 19th - 20th Century and contemporary literature, and biographies of authors.
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1) Runaway jury
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal regulations. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer takes no chances on the outcome, and they hire Rankin Fitch, a "jury consultant" who makes it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to guarantee...
3) The Judge
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Big-city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
4) The verdict
Publisher
CBS/Fox Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Alcoholic lawyer finds a chance to redeem himself by accepting an unwinnable case.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A divorced L.A. lawyer, Peter, thinks he has met the girl of his dreams online, until she shows up at his door and is a sassy, African American ex-con. She moves in and really begins to shake up his boring suburban lifestyle.
8) Just Mercy
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
9) The Client
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1994, 1997.
Language
English
Description
Mark Sway is an 11-year-old torn between what he knows and what he can never tell. A hitman will snuff him in half a heartbeat if Mark reveals what he learned about a Mob murder. An ambitious federal prosecutor will keep the pressure on until Mark tells all. Suddenly, Mark isn't a boy playing air guitar anymore. He's a pawn in a deadly game. And his only ally is a courageous but unseasoned attorney who risks her career for him ... but never imagines...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Deed must deal with corruption within the jury, the suspected murder of a barrister, and a case connected to a lucrative government deal with a foreign country during which finalizing the contract seems to some more important than seeing justice is done. Subsequent episodes raise other important questions of justice: a man with the mental age of 13 on trial for murder; the uncovering of a massive mortgage fraud perpetrated by lawyers with the connivance...
11) Devil's advocate
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Hotshot attorney Kevin Lomax's 64-0 case record has brought him a tempting offer from an elite New York firm. But the job Lomax accepts isn't what it seems. The Devil is in the details.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Though equally respected in their field, divorce lawyers Audrey and Daniel are opposites inside and out of the courtroom. Audrey is meticulous and by the book, while Daniel relies on personality and luck to get by. Neither have lost a case and neither intends to now, but a celebrity power couple gone wrong will end one of their winning streaks. The divorce settlement hinges on an old Irish castle. The two race to Ireland where after an Irish festival...
13) Two weeks notice
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Lucy Kelson, Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant lawyer with a sharp, strategic mind. She also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's not the job that's getting to her. It's her millionaire boss, George Wade. Handsome, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard Law grad and can barely choose a tie without her help....
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Trial - In Orson Welles' brilliant adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel, Josef K. (Psycho's Anthony Perkins) wakes up one morning to find that he has been arrested. Nobody tells him what he has been accused of, however, and Josef is forced to look beyond the judicial system to prove his innocence. However, clearing his name proves to be nearly impossible in this nightmarish story from one of the greatest literary legends of the last century. - from...
15) My cousin Vinny
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Two carefree pals (Macchio and Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, Vincent Gambini (Pesci) is the cousin of one of them and he is a lawyer. Vinny is a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try and has never been in court. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Tomei) to handle his first case, it's a real shock - for both Vinny...
16) From the hip
Publisher
Studio Canal/Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Robin "Stormy" Weathers is a brash young lawyer with a reputation for breaking the rules and some wild ways of practicing criminal defense. But when Stormy takes on the case of a brilliant professor accused of a brutal murder, he finds himself questioning his client's innocence as well as his own abilities as an attorney.
17) The ice harvest
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve in icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie is an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, along with his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh, the two have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard. But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata, who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Life can really throw you curves--especially in this breakthrough comedic drama. "Drop dead Diva" tells the story of Deb, a shallow model who dies in a sudden accident. By a twist of fate and a bolt of divine intervention, her soul resurfaces in the body of Jane, a smart, plus-sized and recently deceased attorney. As she confronts the challenges of her adventurous new life, love and career, she must learn to reconcile her beauty queen ways with her...
19) Breaker Morant
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this is the tale of three soldiers who are court-martialed at the end of the Boer War. When one of their comrades is ambushed and killed, three soldiers seek revenge and kill the Boer soldier. The act of murder and the mysterious disappearance of a German missionary leads to the arrest of the three men. In one of the most controversial court-martials in military history, they are defended by Major Thomas, a small town Australian...
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