The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind, Paperback - Justin Driver

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

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...

This book presents a timely discussion for educational leaders, policymakers, and the interested public of how students engage subject matter.

This book presents a timely discussion for educational leaders, policymakers, and the interested public of how students engage subject matter.

Authored by two leading scholars of the Supreme Court and its policy making, this study systematically presents and validates the use of the attitu...

A stirring and passionate defense of the central importance of public education to American democracy, vividly illustrating how the forces of react...

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Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Contributor(s): Author: Roderick Frazier NashForeword by: Char Miller"The Book of Genesis for conservationists"--Dave Foreman Roderick Nash's class...

Reducere. "Absorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller."--Kevin Boyle, The New York Times Book ReviewFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a to...

Reducere. Description1968 was a particularly tumultuous year in American history. The escalating war in Vietnam, the riots during the Democratic Convention, ...

Reducere. Justin Trudeau, Judicial Corruption and the Supreme Court of Canada: Aliens and Archons in Our Midst takes us on a journey from the alleged corrupt...

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

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

Reducere. Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeFour undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a...

Reducere. Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even mo...

DescriptionWith the Constitutional Convention in 1787, America was set on a course to develop a unique system of law with roots in the English comm...

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DescriptionAfter a restrained 2017 term in which the Supreme Court muddled through most of its work with just eight justices, the court roared back...

This first-of-its-kind book speaks to key normative and empirical issues in American government. It will appeal to those interested in the presiden...

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

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 ...

The left's partisan push to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices has fully migrated from the fringes into the mainstream of Democratic poli...

Reducere. If the U.S. Supreme Court teaches us anything, it is that almost everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But what's inarguable is that, while...

Reducere. An award-winning constitutional law historian examines case-based evidence that reveals the Supreme Court's longstanding support for white supremac...

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. In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple, " as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing sieg...

Reducere. The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secr...

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...

In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-yea...

Reducere. Made teen-friendly with contemporary language, BATTLEFIELD OF THE MIND FOR TEENS equips a new audience desperately in need of guidance with a means...

Reducere. Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern en...

Investigates the boycott of the 1911 census by Suffragettes -- .

Reducere. What does the U.S. Supreme Court do? Learn about who can be on the Supreme Court, how they are chosen, where they work, and more. Descriptive main ...

The spiritual being known as Michael has accompanied humanity on its path from the cosmos to the earth since the very beginning and in this regard,...

Reducere. "Lively . . . Defiant . . . Pulling back the curtain on 100 years of struggle . . . The women who shaped the American narrative come to life with r...

Reducere. In The Supreme Court, Lawrence Baum provides a brief yet comprehensive introduction to the U.S. Supreme Court, one that is balanced and illuminatin...

Reducere. Ivan Denison, author of Flipping Your Conviction (2013) and Flipping Your Habe (2014), has collected the 200 U.S. Supreme Court cases containing th...

Reducere. This book explores the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Ohio et al. v. American Express, and the preceding litigation, for the tr...

When TED, the global media platform, took down scientist Rupert Sheldrake's lecture, "The Science Delusion, " deeming it not scientific, it ignited...

DescriptionA hundred-thousand years ago one of the biggest differences between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom was that we were better at...

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