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Harvard Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, who argued Claus von Bulow's successful appeal against a 1982 attempted murder conviction, said yesterday that he would continue to advise von Bulow's defense, but would not represent the case should a new trial be called...
...attempting to "fit the facts to his story" when he wrote that "many" students complained about an incident when the professor played a tape recording for his first year criminal law class. The implication was that Dershowitz neglected his teaching responsibilities while preparing the appeal of Klaus von Bulow's murder conviction...
...magazine runs high-society gossip (a few pieces on the Von Bulow trial), unusual "living on the edge" tales (one about a transexual Jewish American Princess), and voyeuristic features (a look at the behind-the-scenes goings on during the recent Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton play Private Lives.) But the magazine's contributing editors more often than not elevate the topics they address...
...book is dull, probably duller than most of the corporate contracts Law School grads do write--simply because his two and a half years working in the Washington courts were particularly dull. A street punk arrested for smoking on a bus inherently carries less drama than a Claus von Bulow on trial for murder. A Dershowitz arguing constitutional law before the Supreme Court is naturally more interesting than this rookie public defender arguing in Juvenile Court over a street fight. Street fights can be powerfully addressed but Kunen fails to make those he dealt with illuminating and infects them with...
...addition to concern over the Von Bulow case's constitutional questions about the role of private citizens on investigations. Dershowitz said loop the case because of its intellectual challenge. "The case is a great whodunit he added...