The Legal 100.(Review)

Trial | May 1, 1999| | Copyright

Darien A. McWhirter Carol Publishing Group 120 Enterprise Avenue Secaucus, NJ 07094 396pp, $27.50

Who were the 100 greatest athletes in history? How does Michael Jordan stack up against Mohammed Ali? (Sounds like a late night discussion at your neighborhood bar.) Darien McWhirter has taken on the same ranking exercise, but transposed from athletics to law. The change in fields does not, however, make the ranking exercise any more rational.

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