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《波士顿法律》是美国ABC电视台的重头戏《律师本色》(The Practice)的姐妹剧，它讲述 Alan Shore 为一家律师事务所工作期间发生的故事及案件。故事集中在波士顿的一家高级律师所里，主要以民事诉讼案件为主。这些聪明的代理人必须处理法律允许他们做和该如何对抗他们不能做的。 当基本上尝试的时候，他们将会面对社会的和道德的议题。 这难解幽默感的系列究竟把我们带到怎样的故事里？
《波士顿法律》不是那么传统的剧集，它是著名法律剧the practice的延伸，但却迅速找到了自己的位置。讲述律师事务所里的众生相以及审判室的诡计和兄弟会男孩的滑稽剧boston legal今年在金球奖最扬眉吐气的，首推以「Boston Legal」拿下影集类最佳男配角的威廉薛特纳，薛特纳过去最让人记得的角色就是《星际旅行:原初系列》(Star Trek:TOS)里的舰长Kirk。

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Book Description
He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he has left is the law.
Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.
A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived--and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.
But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake & Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets....
Amazon.com
Looking for a romantic, hardboiled legal drama with a social conscience? Look no further. This audio version of John Grisham's blockbuster The Street Lawyer is narrated by Michael Beck (The Golden Seal, Xanadu), whose portrayal of the similarly named Michael Brock, with his squeaky-clean voice and crisp annunciation, is in perfect pitch with the corporate attorney's Ivy League image. Beck's believable, engaging performance is compelling, drawing the listener into Brock's charmed life and his decision to quit the firm after being held hostage by a disgruntled homeless man. Moved by a crisis of conscience, Brock seeks out the gravel-throated, streetwise legal aid counselor Mordecai Green. Green shows him the ropes, and Brock soon becomes part of the scenery he used to look down on from his plush 14th-floor office. Meanwhile, our hero is on the lam for stealing an important file that holds the secret to an illegal eviction--one that may lead to a murder charge. Faced with a failing marriage, a client on crack, and the threat of disbarment, Michael has plenty to think about as he and Mordecai negotiate a fair settlement for the victims of an inexcusable crime. (Running time: 360 minutes; 4 cassettes)
From Publishers Weekly
America's most popular author is arguably its most popular crusader as well, tilting his pen against myriad targets, including big law (The Firm, etc.), big tobacco (The Runaway Jury), big insurance (The Rainmaker) and now, in perhaps his sweetest, shortest novel, against anyone, big or little, who treats the homeless as less than human. The expected powerhouse opening involves the hostage-taking?by an armed, homeless man who calls himself Mister?of nine attorneys of a huge law firm headquartered in D.C. Among the nine is narrator Michael Brock, an antitrust lawyer who receives a faceful of blood when a police sniper blows away Mister's head. "I'm alive! I'm alive," Michael cries like Ebenezer Scrooge, but, like Scrooge, this greedy hotshot is ripe for a moral awakening. The next day, Michael visits the shabby offices of Mister's attorney, Mordecai Green, who explains that Mister and others had been illegally evicted from makeshift housing on orders from a real-estate development company represented by Michael's firm. Inspired by Green and shaken by his firm's complicity, Michael volunteers at a homeless shelter. When a family he meets there dies on the street, and turns out to have been among the evictees, Michael quits his job, goes to work for Green and, using as evidence a file he steals from the firm, aims to sue his former employer on behalf of the evictees. In turn, the firm places Michael in its crosshairs, pressuring him to give up the file through legal maneuvers, having him arrested and hints of darker means. The cat-and-mouse between Michael and the firm is vintage Grisham, intricately plotted, but the emphasis in this smoothly told, baldly manipulative tale is less on action and suspense, which are moderate, than on Michael's change of heart and moving exploration of the world of the homeless. Dickens would be well pleased, and so will Grisham's fans. 2.8 million first printing.
From School Library Journal
YA-Michael Brock, a successful young attorney for a large, prestigious law firm in Washington, DC, is taken hostage by a homeless veteran in the dramatic opening chapter of Grisham's newest novel. In an effort to understand the motives of his assailant, who dies as the hostages are freed, the young man volunteers at a soup kitchen and works at a legal-aid society. There he begins to recognize the plight of the homeless. However, serious questions remain as to the role Brock's firm had in evicting Mister and other homeless people during a cold winter. In an effort to delve into this mystery, Brock steals a file, thus cutting himself off from friends and his former way of life. The author's reputation assures the popularity of The Street Lawyer, and it is an excellent choice for teens as the plot is relatively simple and fast moving. However, those readers hoping for as much excitement or suspense as there was in The Firm will be disappointed. Michael's transformation from greedy attorney to a sympathetic social worker is gradual and credible. Other characters are not as well developed. As Grisham includes many statistics and other relevant information on the homeless, this is an good choice for sociology students.
Claudia Moore, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
From AudioFile
A high-powered lawyer leaves a Washington, DC, firm to practice "street law." Unlikely, but Grisham has concocted a believable story that may signal that his latest bestseller has something more to say to his readers than legal maneuvering and intrigue. Michael Beck does an admirable job with the abridged edition, giving an especially appealing voice to homeless advocate Mordecai Green. The story is a great choice for recording as it unfolds in deliberate storytelling style and doesn't have too many characters or scene shifts. THE STREET LAWYER is a departure from Grisham's norm and is highly recommended for great listening. R.F.W.
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法庭内，各人舌剑唇枪，为真理，为公正而进行抗辩；法庭外，各人面对种种感情考验，衍生段段纠缠不清的关系！
全新一辑「壹号皇庭」，再度以法律和人性的冲突，带出一连串震撼人心的案件；并以深入的笔触描写法律界中人种种的感情矛盾。
强奸，是否性侵犯这麼简单？一名遭人强奸的女受害人，竟是被告的妻子。一宗殉情自杀的案件，为何转化成一宗强奸案？情杀，并非只发生在男女之间的争风呷醋，一对情侣被控谋杀，但二人竟同是男性。
母爱的伟大本是可歌可泣，为何由此变成犯罪的动力？还有家庭惨案、警察相残、医疗事故弄出人命，结案十多年的案件突然翻案…
而法律界中人面对复杂审讯的同时，亦陷於各种感情纠缠关系之中。宇（陶大宇饰）遇上旧情人之妹，明知她不可告人的身份仍倾注感情，後来更为她险些断送一生。宙（刘美娟饰）与聪（蒋志光饰）感情路上分道扬镳。春（欧阳震华饰）、柔（陈秀雯饰）结婚前夕面临重大考验。辉（苏永康饰）与女友分手後，踏上爱情新旅程。法庭的最後审判，各人的感情归结，串成扣人心弦的故事。

Fletcher Reed, a fast-talking, habitual liar, divorced father, is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He is used to giving priority to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher often lets Max down, by missing his son's birthday party. But even then at 8:15 Max decides to make him an honest man as he wishes for a whole day where his father can't lie. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday, he only has one wish - for his father to stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest obstacle

“世界上最远的距离就是从心到手”，没错，这句话适用于任何人，就像本书一样适用于所有人。本书的作者借用律师这一令人瞩目的职业，将他的数年精彩辉煌的律师职业经历、技能、方法不仅仅告诉律师，而是所有人。他给所有律师、所有需要律师的人提出了一名真正的律师一定要经历的路――条与人交往和自我塑造之路（谁能因为缺少这两点而取得成功呢？）。如何安排好您的路线重要，而掌握原则、注意细节更重要，或许您还没有意识到细节的重要性，或者虽然意识到了但并没有真正地让它从心到手。因此，这本书不仅仅为律师提出了改变的方法和标准，而且为所有希望成为自己所从事的领域中的佼佼者奉献了“不专属律师的252条箴言”，让这些箴言和您一起发出共鸣，现在就动手亲自改变您的生活吧！

小说描写了一位正直而富有才华的青年女律师的奋斗、爱情、堕落和幻灭的生活经历。小说以曲折的故事，描写了金钱、权力、爱情和法律之间的纠葛，细腻地刻划了女主人公詹妮弗·帕克复杂和矛盾的心理活动。

一九五二年，棉花收获的季节，和他们这个地区的其他农户一样，阿肯色州的棉农钱德勒家请来了季节工——墨西哥人和山里人——帮助他们收摘棉花。炎炎的烈日下，所有的人，包括七岁的卢克，为了收获这八十亩的棉花而艰辛地劳动着。
随着时间的推移，钱德勒一家的生活发生了意想不到的变化：他家雇用的山里人汉克在镇上滋生事端，打死了与他相争的一位年轻人；汉克和墨西哥人牛仔之间结下了怨恨，结果被牛仔用刀捅死；汉克的妹妹泰莉与牛仔由相恋发展到私奔；卢克的叔叔与佃户的女儿生下了私生子……
卢克经历了太多他这个年龄的孩子不该看到和不该听到的一些事情。
收获并没给棉农们带来喜悦，一场洪水使他们一年的辛劳付诸东流。
在快在油漆完整个房子后，卢克随着他的父母离开了他们赖以生存的土地。

五年前，布莱克太太在大利人寿保险公司为１７岁的挛生子唐尼和隆尼投了家庭健康保险。在唐尼需做骨髓移植手术时，保险公司却以种种借口拒付医药费，以致贻误了唐尼的治疗时机。刚从法学院毕业的鲁迪出于义愤，毅然担任了布莱克一家的辩护律师，在法庭内外与财力雄厚的保险公司及经历丰富的讼棍们斗智头勇，历尽各种威胁利诱与艰难曲折，后来终于胜诉，但保险公司突然宣告破产，原告和鲁迪分文未得……
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同名电影由大导演科波拉执导。

艾特理是大学教授,有一个不成器的弟弟。老父是法官,一生正直,享有很高声誉。他召唤两兄弟回家来讨论遗产。他们到家时,父亲已辞世,留下微薄财产让两人平分。然而这天夜里,瑞在父亲的书房里发现了一笔巨款。显然,一个清贫的县法官是不会有这么一笔巨款的。这笔钱来自何方?该如何使用?……与此同时,瑞发现身后有人在跟踪他,在威胁他。一切都扑朔迷离,金钱的巨大诱惑,生命的危险,一个教授平静的生活被打乱了……

二零零零年是美国的选举年。总统选举如火如荼，一部以此为背景的小说于二月问世了。作者是大名鼎鼎的畅销书作家约翰·格里森姆。该书刚一出版就一连数月荣登全美诸多畅销书排行榜榜首，一时成为街头巷尾人们竞相阅读的作品。虽然作者一再声称小说完全是虚构的，可由于它采用虚实相结合的写作手法，揭开了美国政界、司法界及中央情报局的黑幕，具有很强的可读性和思想性，因而引起了人们浓厚的兴趣。

密西西比州比洛克西，一名死于肺癌的烟民遗孀状告派恩克斯烟草公司，要求获得高达数亿美元的巨额赔款。这一诉讼影响着烟草业的未来，引起了全国的关注。
诉讼胜负取决于陪审团的裁决，双方费尽心机控制陪审团。一位名叫马莉的女郎主动与被告接触，提出以１千万美元的代价保证使陪审团作出对被告有利的裁决。之后，她却让陪审团作出了相反的裁决。她是何许人？她和烟草公司有何深仇大恨，定要报这一箭之仇？

本书是约翰·格里森姆１９９２年推出的又一部力作，当年便成为美国十大畅销书之一。小说暴露了美国法律界的内幕，涉及到上层政治人物之间错综复杂的关系。
美国两名大法官在同一天晚上被害，图兰大学法学院的女生达比觉得此案蹊跷，她查阅了大量的案卷，发现此案涉及一石油巨头，便写了一份名为“鹈鹕案卷”的摘要，不料这份摘要落入总统的心腹科尔的手里，从此她陷入了危险的漩涡。

故事发生在美车南方一个小镇上，一位黑人工人的１０岁女儿被两个白人青年流氓殴打轮奸，抛弃荒野。事发后，那两个白人被捕受审，但在法院的楼梯上被女孩的父亲开枪打死，于是这位父亲也被逮捕受审。围绕这位父亲是否犯有谋杀罪，当地的白人和黑人在法庭内外展开了一场激烈的争论和斗争。美国的种族矛盾和看似完善的法律制度中所存在的种种弊端及漏洞，也在这起案件的审理过程中暴露。

《贫民律师》仍保持了原来的一些特点，而在情节处理技巧上更臻成熟。书中主人公迈克尔·布罗克是一个年轻英俊、前途无量的律师，他正在一步步实现着他的“美国梦”。他服务于美国排行第五的大法律顾问公司，每年收入相当可观，成为这个大公司的股东只是时间问题（而且只是三年的时间）。但是一个突发的事件改变了他的人生航线，也惊醒了他即将实现的“美国梦”。一天一个患精神病的流浪汉持枪闯进这座律师大楼，把他以及其他几个人押作人质，但是这个流浪汉并无意杀害他们，只是问了一下他们的收入情况，他们对穷人的捐赠情况以及有没有人把交不起租金的房客驱赶出去等等。后来警察介入，把这个流浪汉打死了。这件事令迈克尔·布罗克感到奇怪，他想探个究竟，于是深入避难所去了解这个人的情况。在这里，他亲眼看到数以千计的无家可归者的生活惨状。这时又发生一家母子五口人为避严寒在汽车中过夜而被一氧化碳熏死的惨案，这引起了他的强烈震撼和良心的自责，更坚定了他投身到为这些无家可归者中去为他们服务的决心。他发现那位流浪汉和那惨死的母子五人都是被从他们栖身的一个废弃的旧仓库中驱赶出来的，而这次驱赶活动却正是他所在公司的人参与的。这次驱赶活动是非法的，但他们公司的人销毁了一些证据，还在档案文件中做了手脚。他为了伸张正义，偷出档案复印下来留作证据，告发公司，但偷文件时被人查觉，偷出后没来得及复印又出了车祸，使得档案无法返还……后来，他和贫民律师事务所的莫迪凯一道起诉这家大律师公司，而这时这家公司也在以盗窃罪起诉他，一场捍卫贫民利益与维护大公司脸面、保护大资产阶级利益的斗争在法庭上展开了。最后，在迈克尔·布罗克的精神感召下，这家大律师公司的总负责人阿瑟，这位“律师的律师”同意让步，并主动提出，让他公司的几百名律师每人都抽出一部分时间来为贫民，尤其是无家可归的人，做义务的法律服务。迈克尔·布罗克以自己的行动感召了广大律师界，唤起了他们的良知，让他们认识到他们是为灵魂而工作，法律是一种神圣的召唤。

这本书之所以深受欢迎，是因为它十分深刻地揭示了美国社会，对美国法律的虚伪性有着深中肯綮的批判。例如，在第十八章中，有一段是写美国是如何让穷人越来越穷，甚至最终沦为罪犯的：现在美国城市有一种趋势，就是认为无家可归就是犯罪。大城市都已通过了各种法规，针对那些住在街头的人。不许乞讨，不许睡在公共场所的长椅上，不许在大桥下栖身，不许在公园存放个人物品，不许坐在人行道上，不许在公共场所吃东西……但如果衣着讲究的人在酒吧喝醉了酒，或在小巷子里撒尿，都不算什么。可要是无家可归的人这样做就要遭逮捕，而且经常有清除活动，即把他们从某一地区一起撵走。当然，并不是安排进避难所，而是像清除垃圾一样把他们圈在城市的某个角落。如果一旦入了狱，他首先就得付三十元罚金，这些人本来衣袋里就没有钱，这一来就等于让他遭一劫。他们在狱中的情况就更糟，受侮辱，受虐待，不堪忍受。更蠢的是，政府不建避难所而去修监狱，把一个人关在监狱里每天花的钱要比在收容所里提供食品、交通、设立咨询机构花钱还要多。可是政府却一方面拼命砍掉这方面的拨款，关闭收容所，同时又在律师身上花大笔钱来保护他们消灭穷人的法律。在政府的这种政策下，迈克尔·布罗克在不到一星期就看到六个无家可归的人死于非命。他对这些人充满同情，他买衣物送给这些人的孩子。愿意自己出资让他们住上温暖的汽车旅馆、吃上几顿饱饭，他为了使他们有法律的代言人，宁愿放弃优厚的待遇，不顾婚姻的破裂和父母兄弟的反对，毅然决然地当上了收入菲薄的贫民律师，之所以这样做，他认为，一是因为这些人的确可怜，需要帮助；二是自己的灵魂同时也得到了净化。莫迪凯告诉他，这些无家可归的人没有代言人，没有人听他们倾诉，也没有人关心他们的疾苦，他们谁也指望不上，他们想要得到他们应得到的福利，可是电话都不知该打给谁。他们真是叫天天不应，唤地地不灵，永远处于孤立无援的境地。他们的电话听不到回音，他们连通讯地址都没有。那些官僚们才不管这些呢，他们只盯着他们想要帮助的人。那些官僚做事是有动机的。

就这样，在不到一个月里，迈克尔·布罗克耳闻目睹的一切，让他彻底改变成另一个人。他说，我已不再是几个星期前的我了，我再也不能回到从前。我过去只关心金钱、财产、地位，而现在这些都变成了对我的折磨。他从为穷人的无偿服务中获得了乐趣，灵魂得到了安宁，实现了在法学院一年级时如其他一切法学院学生一样许下的诺言：当律师不是为了挣钱，而是为了伸张正义。通篇小说我们都可以感到作者这种情感和听到这种声音，它会感染每一个有同情心和善良感的读者，难怪他的小说如此受人欢迎。

米切尔是哈佛大学法律系的高材生，毕业后，加入了一个名不见经传、却又极端有钱的孟菲斯法律顾问公司。他不知道这家公司是由芝加哥黑手党操纵的，专在合法的外衣下，从事非法的偷税、漏税、走私等活动，联邦调查局一直想渗透其中。从此，他身不由己地卷入了联邦调查局与黑手党较量的漩涡里。
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汤姆·克鲁斯曾经主演过根据本书改编的同名电影。

１１岁的少年马克无意中发现一位律师正准备自杀。结果他被卷入了一桩重大凶杀案：因为律师死前向他泄露了关键秘密。于是联邦调查局逼迫他，黑手党追踪他，他和与他相依为命的母亲、弟弟从此生活在恐怖的阴影中。勇敢的少年以１美元的代价聘请了富于正义感和同情心的女律师，在她的帮助下，用自己的机智挫败了杀手们，昭揭了案情。他和母亲、弟弟最后一同去遥远的他乡开始了新的生活。

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.