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Category: Resources
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Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law
Anyone who’s ever watched Perry Mason knows that the closing argument is a very important part of a big legal case. The closing argument is the “game point” of law, the time when lawyers pull out all the stops on the cajoling and the litigating. Michael S. Lief and his coauthors have collected the closing… Read more →
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be at stake—Toobin reveals… Read more →
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pari passu
PAIR-ee-PASS-oo; PAIR-ih-PASS-oo, adverb At an equal pace or rate. What are the rights in respect of voting attached to [a class of shares] … which are to be unalterable save with the necessary consents of the holders? The only right of voting which is attached in terms to the shares of that class is the… Read more →
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calumny
KAL-uhm-nee, noun 1. A false accusation of a crime or offence, intended to injure another’s reputation. 2. Malicious misrepresentation; slander. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow // thou shalt not escape calumny. (Shakespeare, Hamlet) Read more →
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persiflage
PUR-suh-flahzh, noun Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery. From the Latin sibilare, ‘to hiss (at), to whistle’. Spare me your unrelenting persiflage, Jim! Read more →
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Overclockers Australia
Australia’s premier overclocking website. This is where I discovered the wonderful world of watercooling (that is, using a radiator, pump and copper waterblock to cool your computer instead of a fan). Check out my old PCDB entry for details. Read more →