Gideon's Trumpet: How One Man, a Poor Prisoner, Took His Case to the Supreme Court-And Changed the Law of the United States, Paperback - Anthony Lewis

Reducere. A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist b...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWASHINGTON POST BESTSELLERThe author of the celebrated Victory tells the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of San...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Supreme Court has been the site of some of the great debates of American history, from child labor and prayer in the schools, to bus...

Reducere. Why Not Just Make the Cake? That's a question countless people across the country started asking in 2012, when Jack Phillips told two men who walke...

It was a way of trading your old stuff to get bigger and better new stuff. If that kind of entrepreneurial spirit could turn tiny objects into big ...

This book is an engaging and useful desk companion for judges and practicing lawyers, as well as general readers and graduate students interested i...

Reducere. How Sex Changed is a fascinating social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States. Joanne Meyerowitz tells a powerful h...

Reducere. "In his latest tome, 'Christian Foundations of the Common Law', Dr Augusto Zimmermann rediscovers the Christian roots of the English, American and ...

Reducere. "Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink. I've been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I've never been called 'a slant.'"...

Reducere. The United States Supreme Court has numbered nine justices for the past 150 years. But that number is not fixed. With the Democrats controlling the...

Reducere. "A cogent, timely warning about the fragility of American democracy." -- Kirkus Reviews What will a conservative Supreme Court do with its power? F...

Reducere. "A fascinating historical account...A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country's mid-century greatness" (The Wall Street Journa...

Reducere. Description"Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink. I've been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I've never been called ...

This book describes how the Supreme Court has used procedural law to undermine the civil rights of minority workers. It is a valuable resource for ...

During the course of American history, wrongful events have occurred and certain Americans have stood up and spoken out against these wrongs: Tom P...

Reducere. Thousands of people from around the world immigrate to or visit the United States every year, and you could join them using a combination of the ri...

This book offers a comparative introduction to the most important aspects of administrative law in various EU Member States (France, Germany, the N...

Reducere. This is the moving story of a nonviolent hero, illustrated with more than 70 photographs, and told by a highly respected author who grew up in Gand...

DescriptionThe true story of a Chinese American mountain man who fed thirty people for ten days in the wilderness--and helped inspire the creation ...

Provides a history of the Court placed within the context of a broader history of the United States and its politics. In contrast to a typical book...

Reducere. The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Artic...

Reducere. Publisher: Rizzoli International PublicationsAuthor(s): Michael GordonIllustration(s): 150 COLOR & B/W ILLUSTRATIONSNumber of pages: 168Publication...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Lady HaleNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 195 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softba...

The Supreme Court's understanding of political parties is impoverished, Batchis argues. The result is a distortion of the two-party system, and an ...

Publisher: Skinner House BooksAuthor(s): Mark J. T. (Mark J. T. Caggiano) CaggianoNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 218 x...

Reducere. DescriptionThe fundamental fact about our Constitution is that it is old -- the oldest written constitution in the world. The fundamental challenge...

Police are nine times more likely to kill African-American men than they are other Americans--in fact, nearly one in every thousand will die at the...

In September 1796, worn out by burdens of the presidency and attacks of political foes, George Washington announced his decision not to seek a thir...

A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic viole...

Publisher: Faber & FaberAuthor(s): Philip WatsonNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 45Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. "Superbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present."--David J. Garrow, American HistoryJeffrey...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the Captivating Life of Martin Van Buren History chiefly remembers Martin Van Buren as the eighth president of the United States...

Awards🏆Winner (2005) - Bancroft Prize - (History)Contributor(s): Author: Michael J. KlarmanA monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's ruling...

This book will be useful to scholars, political activists, journalists and others interested in law, politics, and social change. In focusing on th...

Contains bibliographical details of works concerning or making reference to the International Court of Justice that were published between 2010 to ...

Contains bibliographical details of works concerning or making reference to the International Court of Justice that were published between 2014 to ...

DescriptionA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An award-winning constitutional law scholar at th...

Reducere. Farewell Addresses of the Presidents of the United States collects ten addresses delivered by departing presidents, from George Washington in 1796 ...

Reducere. A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court Recent chan...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Renee Knake JeffersonIllustration(s): 15 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022...

Contains bibliographical details of works concerning or making reference to the International Court of Justice that were published between 2004 to ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating Life of Martin Van Buren History chiefly remembers Martin Van Buren as the eighth president of the United States (1837- 184...

Reducere. Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago TribuneA Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 - A 2019 NPR Staff PickA pathbreaking histo...

Reducere. Post-Conviction Relief: C.O.A. In the Supreme Court is a big step in the fight against Mass-Incarceration, America's greatest social crisis. This b...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Practical Guide to the United States Constitution offers an accurate but entertaining look at the founding documents. It covers the ...

Filling an important niche in the study of jurisprudence, The Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence demonstrates that systematic studies based on large sa...

Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Richard J. LazarusNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 211 x 28Cover type: Pap...