Photo 1/1
Galerie
Photo 1/1
Vous en avez un à vendre ?
Holding the Line : Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office B68
14,99 USD
Environ12,77 EUR
État :
Très bon état
Livre qui ne semble pas neuf, ayant déjà été lu, mais qui est toujours en excellent état. La couverture ne présente aucun dommage apparent. Pour les couvertures rigides, la jaquette (si applicable) est incluse. Aucune page n'est manquante, endommagée, pliée ni déchirée. Aucun texte n'est souligné ni surligné. Aucune note ne figure dans les marges. La couverture intérieure peut présenter des marques d'identification mineures. Marques d'usure et déchirures mineures. Consulter l'annonce du vendeur pour avoir plus de détails et voir la description des défauts.
- Achat immédiatHolding the Line : Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office B68
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Livraison :
5,22 USD (environ 4,45 EUR) USPS Media MailTM.
Lieu où se trouve l'objet : Dearborn Heights, Michigan, États-Unis
Délai de livraison :
Estimé entre le mer. 30 juil. et le mar. 5 août
Retours :
Retours refusés.
Paiements :
Achetez en toute confiance
Le vendeur assume l'entière responsabilité de cette annonce.
Numéro de l'objet eBay :296255458051
Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9780593300299
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593300297
ISBN-13
9780593300299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22057248644
Product Key Features
Book Title
Holding the Line : Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
American Government / Judicial Branch, Legal Profession, Government / Federal, General, American Government / General, Lawyers & Judges, American Government / National
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Law, Political Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-026842
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice." --Barbara McQuade, The Washington Post "With the storytelling skills of a trial lawyer . . . Berman's book provides a cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice." -- Washington Post "A memoir whose every page touches still-fresh headlines...This book stands not just as a compelling look at how justice works, but also as a fine specimen of sweet revenge. An instructive, highly readable account of the law, its protectors, and its enemies." -- Kirkus Reviews "Smart and crisp . . . Think of Berman as the honey badger-if the honey badger headed up a white-collar practice at a Wall Street law firm. He doesn't give a fig. He holds the receipts . . . From the looks of things, Geoffrey Berman is having the last laugh." -- The Guardian
Dewey Decimal
345.747101262092
Synopsis
Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining-in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped. Book jacket., "Throughout my tenure as US attorney, Trump's Justice Department kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically, and I kept declining - in ways just tactful enough to keep me from being fired. I walked this tightrope for two and a half years. Eventually, the rope snapped." - from Holding the Line "A cautionary tale about how political forces can undermine the quest for justice." - Barbara McQuade, The Washington Post The gripping and explosive memoir of serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in the face of the Justice Department's attempts to protect Trump's friends and punish his enemies. Ascending to the leadership role of US Attorney for the Southern District, which includes Manhattan and several counties to the north, is a capstone to any legal career: it entails guiding a team of the best lawyers in America in selecting and winning cases that often have global import. Geoffrey Berman was honored to be tapped for the job by Donald Trump in 2018. The manner in which Trump had dispatched his predecessor Preet Bharara was troubling, but the institution was fabled for its independence. Surely he could manage. So began one of the most tumultuous two-and-a-half-year stretches in the over two-hundred-thirty year history of the office. Almost immediately, Berman found himself pushing back against the Trump Justice Department's blatant efforts to bring weak cases against political foes and squash worthy cases that threatened to tarnish allies and Trump himself. When Bill Barr became attorney general, Berman hoped and believed things would get better, but instead they got much worse. The heart of Holding the Line is his never-before-told account of the lengths Barr went to in corrupting the independence of the office, and the lengths Berman had to go in preserving it. Finally, Trump and Barr, fed up with Berman's principles, summarily fired him, though he refused to go quietly and prevented Barr from installing someone who might be more compliant. Berman's determined defense of the values of prosecutorial independence, without fear or favor, made him a hero to everyone who shares those values. Holding the Line also relates the remarkable casework of the Southern District in Berman's time there, including taking down notorious sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence Ray, Big Pharma executives, and vicious criminal syndicates, and repatriating Nazi-looted art. Riveting in themselves, these stories showcase the esprit de corps that makes the Southern District so special, and the stakes Berman felt in protecting its integrity against all foes, up to and including the US attorney general and the president of the United States., For an ambitious and public-spirited young lawyer, being a prosecutor for the federal court in the Southern District, which includes Manhattan and some of its wealthiest suburbs, is the gold ring. And ascending to the leadership role of US Attorney for the Southern District is a capstone to any career: you have responsibility for guiding a team of the best lawyers in America in deciding what cases to prosecute and then successfully executing on them, cases that often have global stakes and global visibility. Geoffrey Berman began his career as a young lawyer in the Southern District s offices; he was honoured to be tapped by Donald Trump in 2018 to return as his leader. So began one of the most tumultuous two-and-a-half-year stretches in the two-hundred-year history of the court. Almost immediately Berman found himself pushing back on Trump's Justice Department in DC on their blatant efforts to bring weak cases against political foes and squash worthy cases that threatened to tarnish allies and Trump himself. When Bill Barr became Attorney General, Berman hoped things would get better, but to his shock they got much worse. The heart of Holding the Line is his never before told account of the lengths Barr went to in corrupting the independence of the office, and the lengths Berman had to go to push back. Finally, after two and a half years, Trump and Barr, fed up with Berman's priorities, summarily fired him. Berman's courageous and principled defence of the values of judicial independence, without fear or favour, made him a hero to his colleagues, and to everyone who shares those values. Holding the Line also tells stories of the remarkable casework of the Southern District in his time there, including taking down notorious sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Nygard, Big Pharma CEOs, vicious criminal syndicates, and malign titans of international finance, and repatriating Nazi-looted art.
LC Classification Number
KF373.B47A3 2022
Description de l'objet fournie par le vendeur
À propos de ce vendeur
Mediaz In Demand Plus
100% d'évaluations positives•1,2 000 objets vendus
Inscrit comme vendeur particulierEn conséquence, les droits des consommateurs découlant de la législation européenne ne s'appliquent pas. La Garantie client eBay continue de s'appliquer pour la plupart des achats.
Catégories populaires de cette Boutique
Évaluations du vendeur (404)
- a***a (647)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéFast shipping and the book is in absolutely perfect condition! Great seller!
- l***n (1616)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéFast shipping and well packaged. Can't wait to read this. Thank you!!
- l***l (403)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéNA