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  • The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how the Supreme Court really works. Greenhouse offers a fascinating ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Justices Behind Roe V. Wade

    The Inside Story, Adapted from The Brethren

    A thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the revolutionary Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling.The Justices Behind Roe V. Wade offers a front-row seat to the inner workings of the Supreme Court that led to the monumental Roe v. Wade decision. Spanning from 1969 to 1972, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bob Woodward and coauthor Scott Armstrong report on the masterful maneuvering and politicking that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Filing and Winning Small Claims For Dummies

    Real advice you can trust and use in small claims courtWhen every other method to collect has failed, a small claim is the right remedy to seek. If you're looking at either prosecuting or defending in a small claims court, with or without an attorney, the information presented in Filing & Winning Small Claims For Dummies is indispensable.The nuances of small claims courts vary from state to state, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    "An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--Kirkus ReviewsIn this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Griswold v. Connecticut

    Birth Control and the Constitutional Right of Privacy

    Series series Landmark Law Cases and American Society
    Langum Prize, Honorable MentionAmericans value privacy as one of their most cherished rights, yet the word "privacy" isn't even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. It took the Supreme Court's ruling in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) to bestow constitutional protection upon this right. That remains one of the Court's most hotly debated rulings and led directly to an even more controversial decision ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In Defense of Judicial Elections

    Series series Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
    One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular control? While this debate is interesting and often quite heated, it usually occurs without reference to empirical ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The New Debtors' Prison

    Why All Americans Are in Danger of Losing Their Freedom

    Debtors’ prisons might sound like something out of a Dickens novel, but what most Americans do not realize is that they are alive and well in a new and startling form. Today more than 20 percent of the prison population is incarcerated for financial reasons such as failing to pay a fine. This alarming trend not only affects the poor, who are hit particularly hard, but also ensnares the millions of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Search and Destroy

    Inside the Campaign against Brett Kavanaugh

    by Ryan Lovelace ...
    “You have replaced ‘advice and consent’ with ‘search and destroy.’” —BRETT KAVANAUGHIn this deeply researched account, one of Washington’s top legal reporters reveals the massive funding, sophisticated organization, and fanatical zeal behind the campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the nation’s highest court.Trump had promised to nominate only Scalia-style “originalists” to the Court ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Not Sweet 16: 16 Supreme Court Cases That Affected Black People

    by Jonah Sanders ...
    The courts and black people in America have been back and forth with each other since the countries birth. The Black Panther Party spoke about educating the people therefore continuing that ideaolgy we educate the people. ... Read more

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  • From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

    The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

    A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Elements of Judicial Strategy

    Now in a readily available digital edition, and adding a substantive 2016 Foreword by Lee Epstein and Jack Knight, this classic of law and political science is presented to a new generation of thoughtful observers of the U.S. Supreme Court and how its justices create judicial decisions. As Epstein and Knight write, this book is "extraordinary. It's the rarest of rare: a breakthrough of the path ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice

    Presented in a new digital edition, and adding a Foreword by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the state of New York, 'Good Courts' is now available as an eBook to criminal justice workers, jurists, lawyers, political scientists, court officials, and others interested in the future of alternative justice and process in the United States.Public confidence in American criminal courts is at an all ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Representing Yourself In Court (CAN)

    How to Win Your Case on Your Own

    by Devlin Farmer ...
    Series series Legal Series
    Retaining and hiring a lawyer to deal with courts, claims, and minor disputes can be costly, and in certain circumstances, unnecessary. Clients dissatisfied with legal representation or eager to save money have turned to pro se, or self-representation, in increasing numbers. While some court cases necessitate a lawyer’s help, such as criminal cases, Representing Yourself in Court helps people who ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • THE LAW OF GOD GIVEN TO MEN & WOMEN LISTED FOR CHRISTIANS & Christianitatis Curia or The Christian Courts First Draft

    This book contains a detailed list of all the laws given by God in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible for the Christianitatis Curia / Christian Courts found at http://christianitatiscuria.com/ . This is a very serious undertaking, and therefore I have released this first draft, so that others can read, review, and provide feedback, before publishing the final version. Messianic Jews, and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Court Reporter

    a tough and fearless memoir of the cases that have shocked, moved and never left us.

    by Jamelle Wells ...
    From true crime to petty crime - this is the memoir of one of Australia's most experienced court reporters.Longlisted in the True Crime category for the 2019 Davitt and Ned Kelly Awards.As a seasoned court reporter, the ABC's Jamelle Wells has filed thousands of stories on murderers, sex offenders, thieves, bad drivers, family feuds and business deals gone wrong. In more than 10 years, Jamelle has ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Represent Yourself in Court

    Prepare & Try a Winning Civil Case

    How to prepare and present a winning civil court caseMany disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer’s fee. Fortunately, if you’re willing to learn the courtroom ropes, you can successfully handle your own case from start to finish.Represent Yourself in Court breaks the pretrial and trial process down into easy-to-understand steps. Armed with these clear and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice

    This book traces the impact that the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has had on various areas of international law. A number of prominent international experts examine whether, and to what extent, international law has been shaped by the Court's jurisprudence. The informal development of international law through the Court's judgments ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Life Sentence

    Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)

    A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system—and especially its judges—in this national bestseller.When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover as a newspaper reporter, little did she know she was also at the start of a self-imposed life sentence.She has ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby

    Corporate Rights and Religious Liberties

    by Eugene Volokh ...
    Later this month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case—Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby— that has arisen as society tries to reconcile corporate rights with religious liberty.Since the Hobby Lobby’s founding, the Green family has managed their ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • International Human Rights Law in Africa

    by Frans Viljoen ...
    This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of human rights law in Africa. It examines the institutions, norms, and processes for human rights realization provided for under the United Nations system, the African Union, and sub-regional economic communitites in Africa, and explores their relationship with the national legal systems of African states. Since the establishment of the ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • America's Lone Star Constitution

    How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation

    Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. Leading legal scholar and Supreme Court ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

    American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers’ most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Separate but Faithful

    The Christian Right's Radical Struggle to Transform Law & Legal Culture

    Series series Studies in Postwar American Political Development
    Fueled by grassroots activism and a growing collection of formal political organizations, the Christian Right became an enormously influential force in American law and politics in the 1980s and 90s. While this vocal and visible political movement has long voiced grave concerns about the Supreme Court and cases such as Roe v. Wade, they weren't able to effectively enter the courtroom in a serious ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Hollow Hope

    Can Courts Bring About Social Change?

    Presents a powerful argument for the limitations of judicial action to support significant social reform—now updated with new data and analysis.Since its first publication in 1991, The Hollow Hope has spurred debate and challenged assumptions on both the left and the right about the ability of courts to bring about durable political and social change. What Gerald N. Rosenberg argued then, and what ... Read more

    $25.99 USD