A law unto itself : the untold story of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0688048889
ISBN 13
9780688048884
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
1988
Publisher
Pages
360 pages
Subject
American General Law
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Abstract
"Describes how the firm's partners have had a crucial impact on American business, government, and international relations." - Voila
"Years of archival research and hundreds of interviews substantiate an account of the powerful Wall Street law firm, it corporate and political connections, and its impact upon American society, business, and government" - from Amazon
"Years of archival research and hundreds of interviews substantiate an account of the powerful Wall Street law firm, it corporate and political connections, and its impact upon American society, business, and government" - from Amazon
Description
Content:
Part 1: The law bender
1. Sullivan versus Cromwell
2. Nothing but a paid attorney
3. Cromwell the revolutionary
4. Changing of the guard
5. Partners for peace
6. Dulles's private foreign policy
Part 2: The lawbreaker
7. The rise and rise of John Foster Dulles
8. Nazi Clients
9. The Dulles war machine
10. Outside man/Inside man
Part 3: The lawmakers
11. The profits of blame
12. Trust in antitrust
13. The government as client
14. Counter counterculture
15. The power of tradition
16. The tradition of power
17. The trials of Sullivan & Cromwell
Epilogue: Legal advice
18. How to make partner-- or what they don't teach you at Harvard Law School
19. What a Sullivan & Cromwell client gets
Notes
Appendices
Acknowledgments
Index
Part 1: The law bender
1. Sullivan versus Cromwell
2. Nothing but a paid attorney
3. Cromwell the revolutionary
4. Changing of the guard
5. Partners for peace
6. Dulles's private foreign policy
Part 2: The lawbreaker
7. The rise and rise of John Foster Dulles
8. Nazi Clients
9. The Dulles war machine
10. Outside man/Inside man
Part 3: The lawmakers
11. The profits of blame
12. Trust in antitrust
13. The government as client
14. Counter counterculture
15. The power of tradition
16. The tradition of power
17. The trials of Sullivan & Cromwell
Epilogue: Legal advice
18. How to make partner-- or what they don't teach you at Harvard Law School
19. What a Sullivan & Cromwell client gets
Notes
Appendices
Acknowledgments
Index
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (291) and index.
Donated by Graham Price.
Donated by Graham Price.
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