THE BURDEN OF PROOF <i> by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $22.95; 7</i> 5<i> 6 pp.) </i>

” . . . the outstanding merit of this book lies not so much in how it unwinds as the ultimate message it resonates--that in life and and law there is always ambiguity; that it is people, not abstract principles, who matter most . . . .”