剋萊倫斯•丹諾

Clarence Darrow（1857-1938）

美國最偉大的律師之一。他以律師為終身職業，曾擔任許多著名案件的辯護律師，他無償地為無助的弱勢群體與窮人辯護，被認為是美國思想的啓濛者，被後世譽為“20世紀社會正義的代言人”。

◆ 在律師生涯中，丹諾代理的經典案例有：《洛杉磯時報》大樓爆炸案、煤礦罷工事件、婁伯和裏波路謀殺案、進化論法庭辯論等；丹諾為形形色色的人提供精彩辯護，包括：美國社會的工會領袖、無政府主義者、有色人種、進化論傳播者、未成年人等。

◆ 丹諾還以演說傢、辯論傢及雜文傢聞名於世。著有《波斯珍珠》、《法明頓》、《抗拒並非罪惡》、《以牙還牙》、《犯罪的原因及其處置》、《無神論與異教》等作品。

In The Story of My Life recounts, and reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor, and criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated and notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers' Conspiracy Case; exposing, on behalf of the United Mine Workers, the shocking conditions in the mines and the widespread use of child labor; defending Leopold and Loeb in the Chicago "thrill" murder case; defending a teacher's right to present the Darwinian theory of evolution in the famous Scopes trial; fighting racial hatred in the Sweet anti-Negro and the Scottsboro cases; and much more. Written in his disarming, conversational style, and full of refreshingly relevant views on capital punishment, civil liberties, and the judicial system, Darrow's autobiography is a fitting final summation of a remarkable life.