The Partners (book)

The Partners (book)

Infobox Book
name = The Partners: Inside America's Most Powerful Law Firms
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image_caption = Front Cover
author = James B. Stewart
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language = English
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subject = Law
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publisher = Simon & Schuster
release_date = 1983
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media_type = Hardcover
pages = 395
isbn = ISBN 0-671-42023-2
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followed_by = Prosecutors

"The Partners: Inside America's Most Powerful Law Firms" (1983) is a bestselling book by James B. Stewart. The book is a product of two years of investigation of the role of prominent law firms in society. The book describes and discusses several famous cases. There have been five editions of the book as of 2008. [ [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8785200&referer=brief_results www.worldcat.org] ]

Contents

* Part One. Iran — Shearman & Sterling, Davis Polk & Wardwell
* Part Two. IBM — Cravath, Swaine & Moore
* Part Three. Genentech — Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro
* Part Four. Westinghouse — Kirkland & Ellis
* Part Five. Chrysler — Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates
* Part Six. Kennecott — Sullivan & Cromwell
* Part Seven. Rockefeller — Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
* Part Eight. Kodak — Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine

Official information

*cite book | author=Stewart, James | title=The Partners: Inside America's Most Powerful Law Firms | publisher=Simon & Schuster | location=New York | year=1983 | id=ISBN 0-671-42023-2

References

External links

* [http://www.roycecarlton.com/speakers/stewart_bio.html Author, Editor-at-Large & Columnist, "Smart Money"]
* [http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x15009.xml UCLA — James B. Stewart]
* [http://www.librarything.com/work/242742 www.librarything.com]


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