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John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court (Southern Biography)
by R Kent Newmyer  
Publisher Comments John Marshall (1755?1835) was arguably the most important judicial figure in American history. As the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1801 to 1835, he helped move the Court from the fringes of power to the epicenter...
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Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice for Freedom and Equality (Chicago Lives)
by Robert J Blakely Publisher Comments The story follows Dickerson's career as general counsel to the first insurance company owned and operated by African Americans; the first African American Democratic alderman elected to the Chicago City Council; a member of FDR's first Fair Employment...
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In the Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
by Robert S Bennett Publisher Comments Bennett has represented Washington power brokers, heads of state, and even a sitting president. Now one of the most well-known Beltway lawyers talks about the law, his life, and the cases hes won. 8-page photo insert....
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Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney
by Guy T Saperstein Publisher Comments Guy Saperstein grew up in the 1960s and was deeply involved in civil rights work from an early age. He decided after graduating from law school to devote his efforts entirely to social causes. As Civil Warrior shows, he has made the bad guys pay...
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Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas (Northwest Readers)
by William O Douglas Publisher Comments As the longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court, Douglas was known for writing a host of dissenting opinions. He was also a prolific writer off the bench. A commitment to preserving wilderness and a passion for civil liberties are at...
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First Amendment Felon: The Story of Frank Wilkinson, His 132,000-Page FBI File, and His Epic Fight for Civil Rights and Liberties
by Robert Sherrill
Publisher Comments In the bicentennial issue of Life magazine that was published in 1991 — an issue given over to the two-hundred-year history of the Bill of Rights — Frank Wilkinson was featured as one of history's greatest defenders of the portion of the First...
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Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining: America's Toughest Family Court Judge Speaks Out
by Judy Sheindlin Publisher Comments Addressing the issues that have Americans feeling angry, alarmed, and powerless--welfare abuse, street crime, teenage pregnancy, among others--Judge Judy Sheindlin demonstrates how the system permits and even promotes a lack of individual responsibility....
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The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir
by Dale Bumpers Publisher Comments If Frank McCourt had grown up in Depression-era Arkansas, he might write like Dale Bumpers, one of the most colorful and entertaining politicians in recent American history: Atticus Finch with a sense of humor. In The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town...
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Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
by Sandra Day Oconnor Review "It isn't necessary to have ever set foot on a ranch to savor O'Connor and Day's beautifully conveyed reminiscence about growing up on the same piece of land where their parents and grandparents had lived and worked. This is an endearing memoir...
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Fairy Tales Can Come True: How a Driven Woman Changed Her Destiny
by Rikki Klieman Publisher Comments The riveting memoir of Rikki Klieman--an enormously successful defence attorney and television personality--as she discovers the possibilities of love in middle age with Los Angeles' new police commissioner, Bill Bratton. Thirty-five-year-old Rikki was...
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V. Goliath: The Trials of David Boies
by Karen Donovan Publisher Comments In a society ever more obsessed with legal drama, David Boies, the star of a thousand press conferences, stands head and shoulders above the rest. The most prominent trial lawyer in the United States, Boies was catapulted to international prominence when...
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The Story of My Life
by Clarence Darrow Publisher Comments In The Story of My Life recounts, and reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor, and criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated and notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers...
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John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
by Jean Edward Smith Publisher Comments A New York Times Notable Book of 1996 It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again. An apt symbol of the man who shaped both court and country, whose life “reads like an early...
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America's Lawyer-Presidents: From Law Office to Oval Office
by Norman Gross Publisher Comments Of America's 43 presidents, 25 have been lawyers. Gross sheds light on the legal backgrounds of each of these chief executives and how their experiences as lawyers have impacted and shaped their presidencies....
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The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia: A Hamiltonian on the Supreme Court
by James Brian Staab Publisher Comments The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia explores the similarities in political and constitutional thought between Justice Antonin Scalia and Alexander Hamilton and concludes that Hamilton holds the key to understanding Justice Scalia's past...
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My Grandfather's Son : a Memoir (08 Edition)
by Clarence Thomas Publisher Comments Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. Thomas was born in rural Georgia on June 23...
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Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. & the Era of Judicial Balance
by John C Jr Jeffries Book News Annotation Nominated to the Supreme Court in 1971, Powell was expected to join a staunchly conservative bloc of Nixon appointees who would roll back the innovations of the Warren Court. Instead, he established himself as an independent voice, the decisive swing...
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Hanging Judge
by Fred Har Harrington Publisher Comments Isaac C. Parker, the stern U.S. judge for Indian Territory from 1875 to 1896, brought law and order to a lawless frontier region. He held court in the border city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, but his jurisdiction extended over the Indian tribal lands to the...
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Lawyer a Life of Counsel & Controversy
by Arthur L Liman Book News Annotation A posthumously published memoir from the New York lawyer who investigated the Attica prison uprising, served as chief counsel to the Senate in the Iran-Contra hearings, and defended notorious junk bond trader Michael Milken. The author looks back on...
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Without a Doubt
by Marcia Clark Publisher Comments The most recognized female attorney in America opens up about life during -- and after -- the trial of the century Without a Doubt is not just a book about a trial. It's a book about a woman. Marcia Clark takes us inside her head and her heart with a...
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