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By
Vincent Bugliosi ,
Molly Ivins ,
Gerry L Spence
[Paperback 2001]
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During the course of American history, wrongful events have occurred and certain Americans have stood up and spoken out against these wrongs: Tom Paine, Edward R. Murrow, Daniel Ellsberg. Vincent Bugliosi takes his place in this special pantheon of patriots with his powerful, brilliant, and courageous expose of crime by... more
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Neil Vidmar ,
Valerie P Hans
[Hardcover 2008]
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This monumental and comprehensive volume reviews more than 50 years of empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a verdict that strongly supports the jury system.... more
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Peter H Irons ,
Stephanie Guitton
[Boxed set 2000]
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The bestselling, unprecedented live recordings and transcripts of twenty-three landmark Supreme Court cases. This boxed book-and-cassette set focuses on Supreme Court cases involving students' and teachers' constitutional rights. Issues involve prayer, drug testing, corporal punishment, and more. Includes live recordings and transcripts. Another fascinating sequel to the bestselling book-and-tape set:... more
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Valerie J Hoekstra
[Paperback 2010]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 5 selections every 30 days. Printing allowed, 20 pages every 30 days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. In The Supreme Court and Local Public Opinion, Valerie Hoekstra looks at reactions to Supreme Court decisions in the local communities where the... more
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Edward Lazarus
[Paperback 1999]
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An inside look at the most secretive institution in the American government--the Supreme Court . Operating inside a network of Byzantine secrecy, the United States Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial institution in the world. Nine unelected justices, supposedly insulated from the pressure of politics, are charged with protecting... more
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Jeff Yates
[Paperback 2002]
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Popular Justice explores the interaction between the presidency and the United States Supreme Court in the modern era. It assesses the fortunes of chief executives before the Court and makes the provocative argument that success is impacted by the degree of public prestige a president experiences while in office. Three... more
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By
Craig Alan Smith
[Paperback 2005]
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In the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Charles Evans Whittaker (1957?1962) merited several distinctions. He was the only Missourian and the first native Kansan appointed to the Court. He was one of only two justices to have served at both the federal district and appeals court levels... more
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By
Pattdenden ,
Rosemary Pattenden
[Hardcover 1990, 2nd Edition]
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Surveying the discretions exercised by criminal trial courts at both the Crown Court and Magistrates Court level and discretion in the criminal appellate process, this book provides a theoretical framework with which to assess discretions, examines the evidential and procedural discretions whose existence is recorded in cases, statutes, and the... more
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John Jeffries
[Paperback 2001]
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Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. is an absorbing and readable biography of one of the most important Supreme Court Justices since World War II. Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. is an absorbing and readable biography of one of the most important Supreme Court Justices since World War II.... more
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Richard L Hasen
[Paperback 2006]
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In the first comprehensive study of election law since the Supreme Court decided "Bush v. Gore," Richard L. Hasen rethinks the Court's role in regulating elections. Drawing on the case files of the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts, Hasen roots the Court's intervention in political process cases to the landmark... more
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Clare Cushman
[Paperback 2000]
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Supreme Court Decisions and Women's Rights is the first authoritative, illustrated guide to make Supreme Court cases and issues involving women's rights and gender understandable and accessible to a wide audience. High school students will find a lively, easy-to-read account that makes complex legal and constitutional issues comprehensible. More than... more
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Bernard Schwartz
[Hardcover 1988]
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A companion to Oxford's The Unpublished Opinions of the Warren Court, this book contains the draft opinions that were prepared by the Justices in the cases included, as well as a short historical preface of each case and an analysis of the legal events occurring after the drafts were sent... more
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H Richard Uviller
[Paperback 1996]
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William H Rehnquist
[Paperback 2002]
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Fifteen years after he became the first sitting Chief Justice to write a book about the United States Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist has added new chapters and substantially revised his classic work. "The Supreme Court begins with the personal story of William Rehnquist's introduction to the Court as a... more
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Mary E Vogel
[Paperback 2007]
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Plea bargaining is one of the most striking features of American courts. The vast majority of criminal convictions today are produced through bargained pleas. Where does the practice come from? Whose interests does it serve? Often plea bargaining is imagined as a corruption of the court during the post-World War... more
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Randy Moore
[Hardcover 2001]
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This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.... more
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Nagaria Avni
[Hardcover 2012]
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About the Book : * Difficult to Define * Ingredients of fraud * Inherent Power of the Court * At his Peril * Rules of Functus Officio * Parties Bound by Decree * Fraud in Execution Proceedings * Court an Instrument * Rescinding the Contract or Decree * Vicarious Liability... more
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Craig Bradley
[Paperback 2005]
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During the thirty-three years William Rehnquist has been on the Supreme Court, nineteen as Chief Justice, significant developments have defined the American legal landscape. This book is a legal biography of Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court and the legacy he created. It is an intensive... more
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Arun Shourie
[Paperback 2008]
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The reader will find these articles rewarding reading, for they are written in an attractive style for the readers of journalism. As they are not written for lawyers, they give a broad view of the leading majority judgement without a detailed legal analysis appropriate to a text book. The reader... more
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Jr Oliver Wendell Holmes ,
Ronald K L Collins
[Paperback 2010]
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No figure stands taller in the world of First Amendment law than Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. This is the first anthology of Justice Holmes 's writings, speeches, and opinions concerning freedom of expression. Prepared by a noted free speech scholar, the book contains eight original essays designed to situate Holmes... more
