Books by David J. Langum

Defending those loathed by mainstream, conventional America, William Kunstler has delighted in taking on fiercely political cases. This text studies his career, asking what ideological and tactical motives explain his craving for media attention and drive for action.

Founded in 1847 in Lebanon, Tennessee, the Cumberland School of Law was the premier law school in the South in the nineteenth century and trained two United States Supreme Court justices, nine senators, a secretary of state, and scores of other federal and state judges, representatives, and governors.