The Supreme Court and the American Elite, 1789-2008, Paperback

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.'"...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Equal to Everything is a beautifully illustrated, fictionalised tale based on the life of Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court of England and ...

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...

To achieve justice and equal protection under the law, Latinos have turned to the U.S. court system to assert and defend their rights. Some of thes...

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...

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...

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. 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...

Reducere. The Heart of Atlanta Supreme Court decision stands among the court's most significant civil rights rulings. In Atlanta, Georgia, two arch segregati...

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 ...

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...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Who HQNumber of pages: 112Collection: What Was?Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 192 x 10Cover type: ...

Reducere. The sixteenth Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's classic book offers a lively and accessible history of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Rehnquis...

DescriptionJustice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform ...

Appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. Supreme Court during the Civil War, Samuel Freeman Miller (1816--1890) served on the nation's highest trib...

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

Reducere. A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolut...

Reducere. Exploring the little-known history behind the legal doctrine of prior appropriation--"first in time is first in right"--used to apportion water res...

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. DescriptionUntil The New Press first published "May It Please the Court" in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Cour...

Reducere. DescriptionThe life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier chief justice In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran...

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

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

Reducere. In The Quartet, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis tells the unexpected story of America's second great founding and of the men most res...

Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This third volume in Palgrave's SCOTU...

Publisher: Regnery PublishingAuthor(s): Ilya ShapiroNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 208 x 34Cover type: Paperback / sof...

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...

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