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CLOSING ARGUMENTS

Dahlia Lithwick
QUALITY TIME

Phil Weiser
MICROSOFT LESSONS

Edward Lazarus
SAVE MIRANDA

Randy Picker
NEW NAPSTER

Howard King
HEAVY METAL

Laurence Pulgram
NAPSTER'S SIDE

Sol Wisenberg
NO CIGAR

Martha Minow
FORGIVENESS

Michael Dorf
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

Henry Miller
HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS

Akhil Amar
BOSTON MASSACRE

Walter Dellinger
PRAYER BEFORE FOOTBALL

Edward Lazarus
CONFESSING ERROR


ELIAN
APPEAL

RENO: COMPETENT
COUNSEL FOR
CAPITAL CASES

INTERNET
COPYRIGHT
DEBATE


Julie Hilden
SURVIVOR
MANUAL

Frank Partnoy
BEATING REGIS

Randolph Cohen
BODY TOPOLOGY

Matthew Wolf
NO LOVE EQUATION

Randolph Cohen
MATH AND LOVE

Seth Bloom
SMALL TIME CROOKS

Alan Dershowitz
MY MENTOR

Brandt Goldstein
JUST DO IT




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LAZARUS		    CONFESSING
ERROR
In a death penalty case recently decided by the Supreme Court, Texas confessed error -- an unusual development in capital cases. A legal writer discusses the politics of confessing error.

Commentary
JACOB A. STEIN    GREAT CLOSING ARGUMENTS
A veteran trial lawyer reviews a collection of great closing arguments, from Clarence Darrow’s eloquent defense of himself to Captain Aubrey Daniel's meticulous summation in the prosecution of Lt. William Calley, Jr., for his role in the My Lai Massacre.

DAHLIA LITHWICK    DECIDING HOW TO DIVIDE CHILDREN'S TIME
An analysis of the Supreme Court's recent decision in light of contemporary definitions of family.

PHIL WEISER    LESSONS FROM MICROSOFT
A former Justice Department attorney explains how Microsoft misplayed its hand, and why its conduct was found to have violated the antitrust laws.

EDWARD LAZARUS    HOW MIRANDA REALLY WORKS
A former federal prosecutor tells the Supreme Court to preserve the famous ruling.

RANDY PICKER    NAPSTER AND METALLICA: A THIRD WAY
A University of Chicago law professor examines the collision between copyright law and new technology for sharing music.

HOWARD KING    WHY METALLICA SUED NAPSTER
The band's lawyer makes the case against the music-sharing Web site.

Q & A WITH LAURENCE PULGRAM    NAPSTER'S SIDE OF THE STORY
Napster's attorney answers questions raised by the copyright litigation against the Internet music provider.

SOL WISENBERG    CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR
A prosecutor who served under Ken Starr takes issue with Jeffrey Toobin's book on the impeachment of President Clinton.

MARTHA MINOW    THE LAW OF FORGIVING
Is there a place for forgiveness in a society based on law and order?

MICHAEL DORF    THEY ARE ALL ACTIVISTS NOW
A Columbia law professor considers what it means to be branded an "activist" justice -- and examines who's making the charge.

HENRY MILLER    A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW
A former FDA official cautions that although herbal supplements present some health risks, they should not be regulated like drugs.

AKHIL AMAR    POSTSCRIPT: DIALLO AND THE BOSTON MASSACRE
History teaches that it was a mistake to move the Amadou Diallo murder trial from New York City to Albany.

WALTER DELLINGER    SCHOOL PRAYER AND FOOTBALL
The former acting Solicitor General examines the pending Supreme Court case on the right to pray before a public high school football game in light of his own childhood experience with school prayer.

News
MIAMI RELATIVES APPEAL ELIAN CASE
Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives asked a full federal appeals court Thursday to hear their plea to keep the boy in the United States.

TOO MANY INCOMPETENT CAPITAL CASE LAWYERS - RENO
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday that too many defendants in death penalty cases have incompetent lawyers, adding her voice to the growing national debate over capital punishment.

INTERNET COPYRIGHT LAWS DEBATED
Major content providers - and the director of the federal copyright office - argued Thursday that Internet companies should not be eligible for the special licenses that satellite and cable companies have to carry broadcast programming.

Cafe

JULIE HILDEN    SURVIVOR MANUAL
A former litigator analyzes why the lawyer got kicked off the wildly popular game show "Survivor," and asks what lawyers can learn from it all.

FRANK PARTNOY    BEATING REGIS
A corporate law professor who worked on Wall Street describes the rational way to play "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" -- and explains why almost nobody plays that way.

RANDOLPH COHEN    THE TOPOLOGY OF BODIES
Professor Cohen says Matthew Wolf's criticisms of The Algebra of True Love are off the mark.

MATTHEW WOLF    IT DOESN'T ADD UP: A REPLY TO COHEN
A Washington lawyer disagrees with Professor Randolph Cohen's formula for resolving matters of the heart.

RANDOLPH COHEN    THE ALGEBRA OF TRUE LOVE
A Harvard math whiz offers a foolproof formula for finding your perfect mate.

SETH BLOOM    PLAY IT AGAIN, WOODY
A review of "Small Time Crooks," which hearkens back to Allen's earlier comedies.

ALAN DERSHOWITZ    A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
The renowned criminal defense lawyer recalls his mentor at Yale Law School.

BRANDT GOLDSTEIN    JUST DO IT
A former attorney looks to Tiger Woods for a get-rich-quick scheme.
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