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Type: Document excerpt / biographical text (house oversight file)
File Size: 2.38 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page (323) from a book or report included in House Oversight files. It details Alan Dershowitz's philosophy on human rights, his approach to balancing criticism of left and right-wing regimes, and his teaching career with Telford Taylor. It mentions his legal defense of John Lucido against the firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore, and transitions into a first-person narrative about the impact of his work and an encounter with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Alan Dershowitz Subject / Author
Discussed in third person regarding his legal philosophy and teaching, then appears to switch to first person narrati...
John Lucido Client / Lawyer
A Catholic Italian lawyer defended by Dershowitz in a discrimination suit.
Telford Taylor Visiting Professor
Co-taught a seminar with Dershowitz; described as a pioneer in international protection of human rights.
Mstislav Rostropovich Musician / Activist
Russian cellist and human rights advocate whose concert the narrator attended.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
Cravath, Swaine and Moore
Law firm sued by John Lucido for discrimination.
Soviet Union
Mentioned as a location of human rights abuses and origin of Rostropovich.
The School
Likely Harvard Law School (implied), where Dershowitz teaches.

Timeline (3 events)

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Lawsuit filed by John Lucido against Cravath, Swaine and Moore.
Courts
John Lucido Alan Dershowitz Cravath, Swaine and Moore
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Concert by Mstislav Rostropovich attended by the narrator.
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Narrator (Dershowitz) Mstislav Rostropovich
Unknown (Spring)
Human rights seminar taught by Dershowitz and Telford Taylor.
The School (Law School)

Locations (3)

Location Context
Geopolitical reference for human rights attacks.
Geopolitical reference for human rights attacks.
Mentioned in a hypothetical scenario regarding dissidents.

Relationships (2)

Alan Dershowitz Colleague/Co-teacher Telford Taylor
taught this spring with Visiting Professor Telford Taylor
Alan Dershowitz Attorney/Client John Lucido
decision to defend John Lucido

Key Quotes (4)

"I prefer to think of myself as an advocate for human rights..."
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"If there is discrimination against anybody, there is discrimination against everybody."
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"In practice you can do a lot to implement human rights in this generation but in teaching you can both help this generation and help plant the seeds for progress later on."
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"I try hard to balance my attack, right and left—for every attack on the Soviet Union, there’s one on Chile."
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