Legal History
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Everyday Justice: A Legal Aid Story
$29.95 Add to cartThe Legal Aid Society’s mission is to advance, defend, and enforce the legal rights of low-income and otherwise vulnerable people in order to secure for them the basic necessities of life. Everyday Ju… [more below]
- Author: Wiltshire, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: January 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0826505104
- Language: English
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Great Dissent
$25.99 Add to cartA gripping intellectual history reveals how Oliver Wendell Holmes became a free-speech advocate and established the modern understanding of the First Amendment
No right seems more fundamental to Ameri- Author: Healy, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2014
- ISBN10: 1250058694
- Language: English
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The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America
$21.99 Add to cartSuperbly well written . . . a wonderfully informative guide to the Supreme Court both past and present.–David J. Garrow, American History
Jeffrey Rosen recounts the history of the Supreme Court throu- Author: Rosen, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0805086854
- Language: English
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Justice: Crimes, Trials, and Punishments
$20.00 Add to cartDominick Dunne’s mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed.
For more than two decades, Vanity Fair published Dominick Dunne’s brilliant, revelatory chronicles of the most famous crimes,- Author: Dunne, Dominick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 14, 2002
- ISBN10: 0609809636
- Language: English
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John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father’s Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
$18.99 Add to cartLook for Dan Abrams and David Fisher’s new book, Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby.
*NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
“An expert, extremely detailed acco… [more below]
- Author: Abrams, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335996192
- Language: English
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Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
$14.00 Add to cartWith a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, America’s “most humane” execution method is anything but.
From the beginning of the Republic, this country has struggled to r
- Author: Sarat, Austin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1503633535
- Language: English
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The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
$25.99 Add to cartAbsorbing . . . Riveting . . . A legal thriller.–Kevin Boyle, The New York Times Book Review
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town like many where African Americans and whites mingle- Author: Lane, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 31 2009
- ISBN10: 0805089225
- Language: English
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Bizarro: The Surreal Saga of America’s Secret War on Synthetic Drugs and the Florida Kingpins It Captured
$27.95 Add to cartInside a drug war so screwy that people don’t know what’s illegal–until it’s too late.
Bizarro is a page-turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida-b- Author: Rubin, Jordan S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0520387953
- Language: English
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Don’t Hurt a Sasquatch: And Other Wacky-But-Real Laws in the USA and Canada
$19.99 Add to cartThis hilarious compendium dives into the quirkiest decrees from around the country, from Alabama’s ban on driving blindfolded to Delaware’s restriction on selling dog hair.
Every state in the country
- Author: Vendetti, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1951511158
- Language: English
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Democracy, Aristocracy, Theocracy and the Rule of Law in the New England Colonies, 1620-1686
$38.99 Add to cartDEMOCRACY, THEOCRACY, ARISTOCRACY, AND THE RULE OF LAW IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES, 1620-1686 explores the emergence of various governmental formations in early New England. Namely, pertinent data on … [more below]
- Author: Mboma, Lievin Kambamba
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1737338424
- Language: English
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John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster: The True Story of the Lawyer Who Defended One of the Most Evil Serial Killers in History
$17.99 Add to cart“A riveting account of what it was like to defend one of the most notorious serial killers in history”–Seattle Post Intelligencer
“Sam, could you do me a favor?” Thus begins a story that has now beco- Author: Amirante, Sam L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1632203634
- Language: English
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Supreme Court Decisions
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political his- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #06
- Author: Beeman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121995
- Language: English
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Contempt of Court: The Turn-Of-The-Century Lynching That Launched 100 Years of Federalism
$20.00 Add to cartIn this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innoce… [more below]- Author: Curriden, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 20 2001
- ISBN10: 0385720823
- Language: English
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Environmental Law: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartEnvironmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques…. [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Fisher, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198794185
- Language: English
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Bourbon Justice: How Whiskey Law Shaped America
$34.95 Add to cart“This admirable book will be a valuable addition for any whiskey enthusiast, but it will also be a fine read for anyone with a serious interest in American history.”–Susan Reigler, Leo Weekly
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- Author: Haara, Brian F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1640120858
- Language: English
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law
$20.99 Add to cartThe closing arguments from ten noteworthy cases–“lawyers and nonlawyers will enjoy the passion and eloquence of these counselors; practitioners of law will find much to learn from them” (Los Angeles … [more below]
- Author: Lief, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 02 2000
- ISBN10: 0684859483
- Language: English
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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
$32.00 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 challen
- Author: McHangama, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600495
- Language: English
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The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir
$29.99 Add to cart“A masterly work of military and judicial history.” —New York Times. Telford Taylor’s book is a defining piece of World War II literature, an engrossing and reflective eyewitness account of one of th… [more below]
- Author: Taylor, Telford
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1620877880
- Language: English
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Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer’s Pursuit of Equal Justice for All
$29.99 Add to cartStephen Bright emerged on the scene as a cause lawyer in the early decades of mass incarceration, when inflammatory politics and harsh changes to criminal justice policy were crashing down on the most
- Author: Tsai, Robert L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0393867838
- Language: English
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Skywalks: Robert Gordon’s Untold Story of Hallmark’s Kansas City Disaster
$34.95 Add to cartIn 1981 the suspended walkways–or “skywalks”–in Kansas City’s Hyatt Regency hotel fell and killed 114 people. It was the deadliest building collapse in the United States until the fall of New York’s… [more below]
- Author: Paul, R. Eli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496233131
- Language: English
