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Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: Work Sucks. Life Doesn't Have To. by Philadelphia Lawyer Publisher Comments Welcome to the world of the Philadelphia Lawyer-a man of two identities. By day he is a mild-mannered attorney, one who has practiced in a wide variety of legal fields from criminal to corporate to personal injury, earning himself a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts & the Law (University Center for Human Values) by Antonin Scalia Publisher Comments 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 Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Next Justice: Repairing the Supreme Court Appointments Process by Christoph Eisgruber Publisher Comments "What an important book this is! With the next president likely to have at least one Supreme Court vacancy to fill--an appointment that could make a dramatic difference in the nation's direction for years to come--Christopher Eisgruber lays out a clear... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Law of Freedom of Information: First Cumulative Supplement by John Macdonald Publisher Comments This supplement to The Law of Freedom of Information covers all of the key developments in the subject up to June 2005, and is an essential purchase for all who have already bought the main work. It includes full analysis of the guidance issued by the... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your price: $11.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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International Crimes and the Ad Hoc Tribunals by Guenael Mettraux Publisher Comments This volume offers the first comprehensive study of the law of international crimes as applied by the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. It contains a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the law of war crimes, crimes against... (read more) List Price $145.00 Your price: $15.25 Sale - Hardcover
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The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey Publisher Comments Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to defend it. It is the blueprint for the shape and function of government itself and what defines Americans as Americans. But how many of us truly know our Constitution? The United States Constitution: A... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by Joan Biskupic Publisher Comments If the U.S. Supreme Court teaches us anything, it is that almost everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But whats inarguable is that, while the Court has witnessed a succession of larger-than-life jurists in its two-hundred-plus-year history, it... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution by Barry Friedman Publisher Comments In recent years, the justices of the Supreme Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school prayer, and military tribunals in the war on terror. They decided one of American history's most contested presidential elections. Yet for all... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment by Anthony Lewis Publisher Comments More than any other people on earth, we Americans are free to say and write what we think. The press can air the secrets of government, the corporate boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. This extraordinary freedom results... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by Linda Greenhouse Publisher Comments A fascinating book. In clear and forceful prose, Becoming Justice Blackmun tells a judicial Horatio Alger story and a tale of a remarkable transformation . . . A page-turner.--The New York Times Book Review In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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May It Please the Court the Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955 With MP3 CD by Peter Irons Publisher Comments Now available with MP3 audio CDS: the bestselling book-and-audio set of Supreme Court oral arguments. Until The New Press first published May It Please the Court in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Court since 1955 had... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives by Michael Heller Publisher Comments 25 new runways would eliminate most air travel delays in America. Why can’t we build them? 50 patent owners are blocking a major drug maker from creating a cancer cure. Why won’t they get out of the way? 90% of our broadcast spectrum sits... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law by Michael S Lief Publisher Comments Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were able to appreciate these virtuoso performances, where weeks of testimony were boiled down and presented with flair, wit, and high drama. For five years the authors researched every archive from... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law by Shawn Francis Peters Publisher Comments Relying on religious traditions that are as old as their faith itself, many devout Christians turn to prayer rather than medicine when their children fall victim to illness or injury. Faith healers claim that their practices are effective in restoring... (read more) List Price $36.75 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Becoming A U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview (Becoming A U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview) by Ilona Bray Publisher Comments Seeking citizenship? Here's everything you need to know! The path from green card to U.S. citizenship can be a long and winding one -- and bureaucratic hassles are inevitable. But with Becoming a U.S. Citizen, you can shave months or years off the time... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $21.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law by Nancy Polikoff Publisher Comments Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage reframes the family-rights debate by arguing that marriage shouldn't bestow special legal privileges upon couples because people, both heterosexual and LGBT, live in a variety of relationships-including unmarried... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff Between Privacy and Security by Daniel J Solove Publisher Comments Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication. But theres a dark side to the story. A trail of information fragments about us is forever... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Library of America #198: John Marshall: Writings by John Marshall Publisher Comments "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department," John Marshall wrote in Marbury v. Madison, "to say what the law is." As its Chief Justice from 1801 to 1835, Marshall made the Supreme Court a full and equal branch of the federal... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $19.98 Sale - Hardcover
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In Defense of a Political Court by Terri Jenni Peretti Publisher Comments Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? Do we want it to be? Normative constitutional theory has long concerned itself with the legitimate scope and limits of judicial review. Too often, theorists seek to resolve that issue by eliminating politics... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Gideon's Trumpet by Anthony Lewis Publisher Comments A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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