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Article: The Legal 100.(Review)
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- Trial
- Article date:
- May 1, 1999
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 American Association for Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA®). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Darien A. McWhirter Carol Publishing Group 120 Enterprise Avenue Secaucus, NJ 07094 396pp, $27.50
Who were the 100 greatest athletes in history? How does Michael Jordan stack up against Mohammed Ali? (Sounds like a late night discussion at your neighborhood bar.) Darien McWhirter has taken on the same ranking exercise, but transposed from athletics to law. The change in fields does not, however, make the ranking exercise any more rational.
How do you compare the influence on the legal system of William Blackstone, Thomas Jefferson, the Emperor Justinian, and Thomas More? (In case you were wondering, they rank 13th, 64th, 33rd, and 57th, respectively.)
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