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Books : A Civil ActionIn association with Amazon.comby: Jonathan Harr  EAN: 9780712676625 Format: Import ISBN: 0712676627 Label: Century Manufacturer: Century Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: Century Studio: Century Sales Rank: 4382119 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - better than the movieI'm a law student who read the book for a Civil Procedure class. The book was a little longer than it needed to be perhaps, but it included a lot of great personalities and a compelling litigation story. Not courtroom drama, but the entire drama surrounding a huge suit from start to finish. It's an especially great look at a lot of the rules behind trials (that's why we read it for class) and yet still accessible for someone with no background in law. This author is quite good; one of my favorite ... Read More Rating:  - In search of the Truth!Jonathan Harr has written a classic true story which if you were a person who reads novels would embrace it as a great novel. However, it was not fiction and it really did happen. Jan Schelichmann was the lawyer who made it happen. His relentless attack on W. R. Grace and their army of lawyers are a thing of legend. What happened in Woburn Massachusetts in the late 1960's and into the 1970's was the contamination of the water supply. Hence the people in that town suffered from the ... Read More Rating: - Marvellous look at the judicial system'A Civil Action' is the story of a monster legal battle that spanned the 1980s; the fact that it is a true story makes the book all the more compelling. Harr ties together questions of the integrity of the judicial system, attorney ethics, and environmental responsibility with seamless prose. It's truly a pleasure, if not addictive, to read (I devoured it in a day and a half, despite its large page count), and though it lags a little around the middle with the long descriptions of litigation and procedure, ... Read More Rating: - Easy ReadI had to read this book for an environmental law class. I wasn't thrilled being forced to read it but I have to admit, it was an easy read and easy to understand book. The case was gripping and frustrating for those involved in the real-life story. I had to make a timeline of events that took place throughout the book for class and I was able to do that with the information the author provided. I still have not watched the movie but I learned a great deal about this case by reading this book. Anyone interested ... Read More Rating: - A Civil Action, A Review by SpeekNDaTruufA Civil Action 502 pgs. by Jonathan Harr Review by SpeekNDaTruuf What happens when two of the nation's largest companies are brought to court? All hell breaks loose... and it is into the depths of hell that we traverse in Jonathan Harr's nonfictional court drama A Civil Action. 1960s. The age of youth, the age of revolution, and, yes, the age of cover-ups and conspiracies. In the small town of Woburn, Massachussettes, two companies, W.R. Grace, a chemical plant, and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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