Legal History
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El Libro de la Ley (the Law Book)
$27.99 Add to cartGrandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas
Una completa introducci?n al mundo jur?dico con explicaciones claras y concisas que presenta de forma accesible las nociones b?sicas del Derecho y las principale- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0744040353
- Language: Spanish
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Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice
$24.95 Add to cartFred Korematsu’s decision to resist F.D.R.’s Executive Order 9066, which provided authority for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was initially the case of a young man followin
- Series: Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies
- Author: Bannai, Lorraine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 029574281X
- Language: English
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Law in America: A Short History
$22.00 Add to cartThroughout America’s history, our laws have been a reflection of who we are, of what we value, of who has control. They embody our society’s genetic code. In the masterful hands of the subject’s great… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Friedman, Lawrence M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0812972856
- Language: English
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Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York’s Explosive ’80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation
$32.00 Add to cartFrom CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, a revelatory account of how one man, four teenagers, and a struggling city collided over race, vigilantism, and public safety . . . exposing the fault lines of … [more below]
- Author: Williams, Elliot
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0593833708
- Language: English
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Entering the Arena: The Spectacular History of Women at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
$34.95 Add to cartThis book tells the spectacular history of women lawyers at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). SDNY is a storied institution, the oldest federal prosecutor’s offi… [more below]
- Author: Zornberg, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1531513026
- Language: English
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Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy
$45.00 Add to cartAn original transatlantic history of the invention of the corrections profession and of ensuing debates about punishment’s purposes and prisoners’ rights.
Impermissible Punishments explores the history
- Author: Resnik, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 792
- Publish Date: October 10 2025
- ISBN10: 022675474X
- Language: English
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The Law of Capitalism and How to Transform It
$30.00 Add to cartA fascinating study of the legal underpinnings of capitalism, reasons why the system must be transformed, and actions we can take
Even though capitalism has been conventionally described as an econom- Author: Pistor, Katharina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 030028280X
- Language: English
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Just Freedom: Inside Florida’s Decades-Long Voting Rights Battle
$28.00 Add to cartThe story of an extraordinary
When
expansion of voting rights and the obstacles holding back its implementation
Florida citizens voted in 2018 to pass Amendment 4 to the state constitution, which
promi- Author: Rivero, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0813081165
- Language: English
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The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South
$18.99 Add to cart“A memorable narrative of a civil rights case that deserves a larger place in American memory.” –Jon Meacham
“Riveting. . . . It’s like a real-life To Kill a Mockingbird, but with even more subtlety a
- Author: Heard, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0061284165
- Language: English
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Captain’s Dinner: A Shipwreck, an Act of Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History
$32.00 Add to cartFour men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder. “A perfect enunciation of the classic philosophical conundrum: can … [more below]
- Author: Cohen, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893310597
- Language: English
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Judicial Territory: Law, Capital, and the Expansion of American Empire
$161.93 Add to cartIn Judicial Territory, Shaina Potts reveals how the American empire has benefited from the post-World War II expansion of United States judicial authority over the economic decisions of postcolonial g… [more below]
- Author: Potts, Shaina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1478026480
- Language: English
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Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law
$20.00 Add to cartThe true story of Lois Jenson, a petite single mother, who was among the first women hired by a northern Minnesota iron mine in 1975. In this brutal workplace, female miners were relentlessly threaten… [more below]
- Author: Bingham, Clara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0385496133
- Language: English
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The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told: Native America, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Constitution
$30.00 Add to cartWhen did the federal government’s self-appointed, essentially limitless authority over Native America become constitutional?
The story they have chosen to tell is wrong. It is time to tell a better st
- Author: Richotte, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1503641643
- Language: English
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American Legal History
$12.99 Add to cartLaw has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: White, G. Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0199766002
- Language: English
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Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
$19.99 Add to cartCopyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battle
- Author: Bellos, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105097
- Language: English
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The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS
$31.99 Add to cartMichael Hardwick had no idea that when a police officer stood at his bedroom door on August 3, 1982, he would become a face of the gay rights movement. Arrested for sodomy, Hardwick sued for his right
- Author: Padgett, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1324035412
- Language: English
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When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law
$30.00 Add to cartCharlie Chaplin, the silent screen’s “Little Tramp,” was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described b… [more below]
- Author: Kiesel, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0472133586
- Language: English
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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
$21.99 Add to cart“The best history of free speech ever written and the best defense of free speech ever made.”–P. J. O’Rourke
Hailed as the “first freedom,” free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a chall
- Author: McHangama, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1541620348
- Language: English
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The Handy Law Answer Book
$74.95 Add to cartCourtrooms and contracts. Legal claims and criminal cases. The legal system can be complex, but you’ll be at an advantage with this enlightening guide by your side!
Understanding the law and navigati- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1578598729
- Language: English
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The Handy Law Answer Book
$29.95 Add to cartCourtrooms and contracts. Legal claims and criminal cases. The legal system can be complex, but you’ll be at an advantage with this enlightening guide by your side!
Understanding the law and navigati- Series: Handy Answer Books
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1578595924
- Language: English
