Legal Briefs

Introduction Section I—Events Chapter 1—“For One Brief Shining Moment” by Roger M. Witten Chapter 2—“The White House and the 9/11 Commission” by Daniel Marcus Chapter 3—“ Who Knows What Will Happen Next?” by Robert Mundheim Chapter 4—“Dealing with the Iranian Hostage Crisis” by Richard Davis Chapter 5—“Richard Nixon and Me” by Henry L. Hecht Chapter 6—“Fighting Public Corruption and Serving the Rule of Law: A Prosecutor’s Reminiscence” by Stuart M. Gerson Chapter 7—“‘FEC’ = ‘Feckless Election Commission’” by Trevor Potter   Section II—People Chapter 8—“Prelude to a Massacre” by Roger M. Witten Chapter 9—“Resilience” by Andrew Tannenbaum Chapter 10——“You win some …” by James L. Quarles Chapter 11—“Defense of a Public Figure” by N. Richard Janis Chapter 12—“Life with Justice John Paul Stevens” by Carol F. Lee Chapter 13—“A Pair of Giants” by Louis R. Cohen Chapter 14—“Name That Statute—Senator John Sherman And the Origin of Antitrust Law” by William Kolasky Chapter 15—“Stabbing from the Shadows” by Nelson Johnson Chapter 16—“The Stand-up Guy” by Roger M. Witten   Section III—Experiences Chapter 17—“The Case of a Lifetime” by Harriet Newman Cohen Chapter 18—“The Cost of Winning” by Dean Martha Minow Chapter 19—“Silence is Golden” by Michael S. Helfer Chapter 20—“The Law as Cross-Cultural Adventure” by Warren Cooke Chapter 21—“Justice Delayed” by Roger M. Witten Chapter 22—“Hungry for Justice” by Mark Kessel Chapter 23—“Off to a Good Start” by Martin Kaplan Chapter 24—“Good Intentions” by Roger M. Witten