The Summons Condition:Very Good Porter’s theory had guided national

Porter’s theory had guided national reassessments in New Zealand and elsewhere

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Publication Date: 06 Aug 2009

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The Summons Condition:Very Good Porter’s theory had guided nationalOnce Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and