{"product_id":"lawyer-manley-jackie-ranston-9789766400828","title":"Lawyer Manley: Vol 1 First Time Up","description":"The first in a series devoted to the legal career of the Rt Excellent Norman Manley, QC, MM. This phase of his life spanned some thirty-three years and terminated when Manley became chief minister of Jamaica in 1955. During that time he won a legendary position for himself at the Jamaican Bar appearing in numerous civil and criminal cases, both at first instance, and in the appellate court.\u003cp\u003eWritten in narrative style from a court room perspective, \u003ci\u003eFirst Time Up\u003c\/i\u003e deals primarily with twenty-four of Manley's early cases from 1922 to 1925. Based on court reports, Manley's legal papers, diaries and letters, the material is revealing historically, legally and sociologically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManley's cross-examinations were hardly ever without excitement and those of expert witnesses an intellectual treat. Witnesses offer a mass of detail about life in Jamaica in the 1920s and the verdicts dispel the assumption that Manley never lost a murder trial. The reader meets a host of Jamaican personalities, all in their early, formative years, as jurors, clients or hostile witnesses pitting their wits against Manley in the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackie Ranston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766400822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766400828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d","brand":"Jackie Ranston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079680192767,"sku":"9789766400828","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa56e449-40ab-4f04-bac0-df27afc58d1b.jpg?v=1685482522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lawyer-manley-jackie-ranston-9789766400828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}