title: At War Within: The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity
author:  William R. Clark 
description: <br />"Clark's historical background and clear explanations of...microscopic processes offer the kind of primer that lay readers will find valuable."--<em>Business Week</em>
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  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_002.html#filepos2726)
  
  
  
  
  
  [1. The Origin of Elite
  Immunity](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_003.html#filepos31045)
  
  
  
  
  
  [2. Immunity in the Private
  Sector](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_005.html#filepos109649)
  
  
  
  
  
  [3. Too Big to
  Jail](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_007.html#filepos205899)
  
  
  
  
  
  [4. Immunity by Presidential
  Decree](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_009.html#filepos318815)
  
  
  
  
  
  [5. American Justice’s Second
  Tier](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_011.html#filepos457714)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_013.html#filepos546798)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_015.html#filepos559418)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Index](CR%21RKH47SAJB56H13TBZYEGGMHV0WWC_split_016.html#filepos561712)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
  As a litigator who practiced for more than a decade in federal and state
  courts across 