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Jun. 13, 2008
An Argument for More Argument
Howard Fineman's superb first book, "The Thirteen American Arguments," bears witness: As discomforting and disputatious as our courtrooms often are, they (and what happens every day inside them) are an essential part of what makes us Americans, writes Timothy B. Taylor. - Forum Column
By Timothy B. Taylor
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A retired Superior Court judge-turned-mediator recently told the Daily Journal that the litigation process was "akin to a sausage factory ... [y]ou're ground up, you're completely eviscerated, and then at some point ... you come back out with a different form." Howard Fineman's superb first book, "The Thirteen American Arguments," bears witness: As...
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