CASE AGAINST LAWYERS(万恶律师为首)

Asachild,CatherineCrierwasenchantedbyfilmportrayalsofcrusadinglawyerslikeClarenceDarrowandAtticusFinch.Asadistrictattorney,privatelawyer,andjudgeherself,shesawfirsthandhowtheU.S.justicesystemworked–anddidn’t.Oneofthemostrespectedlegaljournalistsandcommentatorstoday,shenowconfrontsaprofoundlyunfairlegalsystemthatproducesresultsandprofitsforthefew–andparalysis,frustration,andinjusticeforthemany.AlexisdeTocqueville’sdirepredictioninDemocracyinAmericahascometrue:WeAmericanshavecededourresponsibilityascitizenstoresolvetheproblemsofsocietyto"legalauthorities"–andwithitourdemocraticfreedoms.TheCaseAgainstLawyersisbothanangryindictmentandaneloquentpleaforareturntocommonsense.Itdecriesasystemoflawssocomplexeventheenforcers–suchastheIRS–cannotunderstandthem.Itunmasksalitigation-crazedsocietywherebillion-dollarjudgmentsmostlylinethepocketsofpersonalinjurylawyers.Itdeploresthestupidityofasystemofliabilitythatleadstosuchresultsasalabelonastrollerthatwarns,“Removechildbeforefolding.”Itindictsacriminaljusticesystemthatputsminordrugoffendersawayforlifeyetallowscelebritymurdererstowalkfree.Anditexcoriatesthesheercorruptionoftheirontriangleoflawyers,bureaucrats,andpoliticianswhoprofitmightilyfromallthisinefficiency,injustice,andabuse.TheCaseAgainstLawyerswillmakereadershoppingmad.Anditwillmakethemrealizethattheonlyresponsecanbetodemandchange.Now.