There are roughly 890,000 lawyers in America right now, and that number keeps going up. But why are there so many, where did they come from, and what role have they played in history." This hysterical, scholarly look at the history of lawyers is not just an external account of lawyers: it puts you inside their heads. It"s a roller coaster ride through history, viewed from a lawyer"s perspective. Starting from Biblical times with the case of Adam and Eve v. The State of Innocence through ancient Greece and Rome and medieval Europe, through Lincoln, Darrow, an O.J. Simpson, this book will provide you with a good sense of the "primal ooze" that gave rise to the first lawyer and the religious, cultural, philosophical, economic, and political forces that have preserved lawyers from extinctionùat least so far.