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Jonathan Harr (Author)
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1996-09-01
Random House Inc
In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the wa
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Antonin Scalia (Author) and Amy Gutmann (Editor)
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2011-12-01
Princeton Univ Pr
<p>We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Cou
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Paul Butler (Author)
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2010-06-01
New Press
<DIV>Drawing on his personal fascinating story as a prosecutor, a defendant, and an observer of the legal process, Paul Butler offers a sharp and engaging criti
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Amy Bach (Author)
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2010-08-03
Holt McDougal
<P><B>"A groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served."—Doris Kearn
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Jay M. Feinman (Author)
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2000-02-24
Oxford Univ Pr
Thanks to TV cop shows, most Americans can probably recite the Miranda warnings, but do they know when the warnings do--and do not--apply? Tort reformers cite t
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D. Graham Burnett (Author)
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2002-10-15
Random House Inc
Historian D. Graham Burnett writes about his experience as the foreman of the jury in a murder trial in New York City, what he calls "the most intense sixty-six
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Janet Malcolm (Author)
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2000-02-08
Random House Inc
The inimitable Janet Malcolm has previously probed the soft white underbellies of psychiatry, journalism, literary biography, and a half-dozen other disciplines
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Morton J. Horwitz (Author)
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2011-12-01
Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in 1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works
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Alan Dershowitz (Author)
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1983-05-01
Random House Inc
The author presents his most famous, and infamous, cases and clients, and in the process, takes a critical, informed look at a legal system that he regards as d
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John M. Scheb (Author)
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2001-09-04
Thomson Learning
An Introduction to the American Legal System is a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the United States legal process. From the evolution of American la
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George P. Fletcher (Author)
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2005-02-03
Oxford Univ Pr
Whatever your background, if you seek an understanding of the legal system of the United States, this is the book for you. American Law in a Global Context is a
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Kairys, David (Author)
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2011-12-01
Perseus Books
<div><i>The Politics of Law</i> is the most widely read critique of the nature and role of the law in American society. This revised edition continues the book’
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Stephanie Mencimer (Author)
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2011-10-04
Simon & Schuster
Thanks to constant political oratory against "frivolous lawsuits" and "jackpot justice," it is widely known that there's a legal crisis in this country. Preside
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Scott E. Sundby (Author)
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2005-03-24
Palgrave Macmillan
<div>With a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous cho
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William E. Leuchtenburg (Author)
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2011-12-01
Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every Ame
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Mark W. Smith (Author)
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2006-06-13
Random House Inc
ATTENTION, CONSERVATIVES <br><br>Forget everything you think you know about the courts—and arm yourselves with this brand-new, urgently needed battle plan to de
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Ransford Pyle (Author)
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2006-07-07
Thomson Learning
In the fourth edition of Foundations of Law, concentration on the overview of American law and its legal system permeates the book to assist readers in preparat
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (Author)
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2004-06-17
Lightning Source Inc
I take it for granted that no hearer of mine will misinterpret what I have to say as the language of cynicism. The law is the witness and external deposit of ou
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