POWER PLAYS: How to Deal Like a Lawyer in Person-to-Person Confrontations and Get Your Rights

by John M. & Andrew O. Shapiro Striker ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 26, 1979

Another in the recent spate of survival manuals, this one couches its combat techniques in legalese, and won't do for fireside reading. Attorneys John Striker and Andrew Shapiro--who report on legal fights for WNBC and New York magazine, respectively--have already written about draft and tenant problems, media access, and--in Super Threats (1977)--How to Sound Like a Lawyer. This primer on How to Deal Like a Lawyer is aimed at personal encounters with boss, landlord, merchant, creditor, etc. We are given codewords (""warning signs that you flash when getting tough with an unruly adversary"") like affirmative-action order and class action, as well as power-play pointers: ""Keep a record of everything that occurs that might tend to show a case of age discrimination."" All this is heavily laced with federal rulings and legal citations, plus the usual inane dramatizations. It is somewhat rough going--ironic, considering the level of the introductory material. Striker and Shapiro instruct us: ""On a sheet of white paper, type out the codewords you choose; make sure you get their legal citations down correctly."" Still, there is helpful reference material to be consulted regarding a specific problem, particularly with the appendices on Small Claims Court, New Home Warranty Laws, and lists of helpful agencies. No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Pub Date: June 26, 1979

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Rawson, Wade--dist. by Atheneum

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1979

Categories: NONFICTION