# By Advice of Counsel

> Arthur Train's engaging stories from the world of law, drawing on his own experience as a lawyer. Sharp, humane, and often wry tales of courts, clients, and the workings of justice by a master of the legal story.

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## About
Few writers knew the machinery of the law from the inside as well as Arthur Train, a practising lawyer who turned his courtroom experience into some of the most popular legal fiction of his day. These stories bring that expert, sympathetic eye to the human dramas that fill a lawyer's working life.What it's aboutBy Advice of Counsel is a collection of Arthur Train's legal fiction, drawing on the world of lawyers, clients, and the courts that he knew so intimately. Train's stories characteristically follow the twists of cases and the shrewd, humane figures who navigate them, blending suspense and courtroom manoeuvre with a keen sense of character and a dry wit. His work is celebrated for making the law both dramatic and comprehensible to the ordinary reader.ThemesJustice and its imperfections, the gap between the letter of the law and genuine fairness, and the cunning and conscience of the men who practise it all run through Train's fiction. He is fascinated by cleverness in the service of good ends, and by the small human comedies that play out in legal offices and courtrooms.Why it still mattersTrain helped shape the entire genre of the legal story, and his affectionate, knowing portraits of the profession still entertain and instruct. His view of the law as a deeply human institution, for better and worse, remains as apt as ever.Who it's forFans of legal fiction and courtroom drama, readers who enjoy wit and shrewd characterisation, and anyone curious about the origins of a beloved genre.

Sources and references
Verified references for this edition: Open Library, Arthur Train on Wikipedia.

## Specifications
- author: Arthur Train
- publisher: DotBooks
- imprint: DotBooks
- language: en
- binding: Perfect Bound
- pages: 335
- format: paperback
- openlibrary: OL5960264W