The Genesis of Justice: Ten Stories of Biblical Injustice That Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Morality and Law

From the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer comes a dazzling and stimulating exploration of how the creation of the ten commandments provides the origins to today's law (Library Journal). Alan Dershowitz is one of America's most famous litigation experts. In the Genesis of Justice he examines the Genesis narratives to bring to the reader an insight into the creation of the ten commandments and much of what is now law.Author: Alan M. DershowitzPublisher: Warner BooksPublished: 09/05/2000Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 9.34h x 6.28w x 0.98dISBN: 9780446524797Review Citation(s): Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1050Publishers Weekly 03/13/2000 pg. 79New York Times 03/26/2000 pg. 20Library Journal 04/15/2000 pg. 108Christianity Today 07/10/2000 pg. 66About the AuthorAlan Dershowitz has been involved in some of the most notorious cases of the past three decades including, O.J. Simpson's trial, Muhammad Ali's appeal, and Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. Dershowitz resides in Cambridge and is a professor at Harvard Law School. He is the author of Chutzpah, The Advocates Devil, America on Trial, and The Genesis of Justice, among others.