William L Dwyer: 3 books
Ipse Dixit
How the World Looks to a Federal Judge
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
During William L. Dwyer's fifteen-year tenure as a U.S. District Court judge, he presided over many complex and groundbreaking cases. In one of his most controversial rulings, he engaged environmentalists and the timber industry in a heavily publicized and emotionally fraught battle over the territory...
In the Hands of the People
The Trial Jury's Origins, Triumphs, Troubles, and Future in American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts."...
The Goldmark Case
An American Libel Trial
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
In 1962 John Goldmark, cattle rancher, Harvard Law School graduate, and distinguished three-term state legislator for a lightly populated area in north central Washington, was overwhelmingly defeated in his bid for reelection. He and his wife, Sally, had been accused of being communists by a small...