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The justice from Beacon Hill :the life and times of Oliver Wendell Holmes
by Liva Baker  Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-675) and index....
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Papers of John Marshall Volume 1 1775-1788
by John Marshall Publisher Comments Collected here are correspondence, papers, and legal documents--including selected judicial opinions--of American jurist John Marshall. Revolutionary officer, congressman, and secretary of state before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall...
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The Making of a Civil Rights Lawyer
by Michael Meltsner Publisher Comments Part memoir and part critical study, this book offers both a personalized history of the civil rights movement from a participant's perspective, and the compelling account of how a lawyer committed to social change discovered himself in his work....
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Papers of John Marshall Volume 2 1788 1795
by John Marshall Publisher Comments Collected here are correspondence, papers, and legal documents--including selected judicial opinions--of American jurist John Marshall. Revolutionary officer, congressman, and secretary of state before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Marshall...
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Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
by Roger Goldman Publisher Comments A collection of 15 opinions and dissents of this national defender of individual liberties and civil rights, as well as personal recollections of Marshall's closest associates. Nominated for the NAACP Image Award. "A hearty tribute . . . I hope Clarence...
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Cardozo
by Andrew L Kaufman Publisher Comments Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, unarguably one of the most outstanding judges of the twentieth century, is a man whose name remains prominent and whose contributions to the law remain relevant. This first complete biography of the longtime member and chief...
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William M. Kunstler: The Most Hated Lawyer in America
by David J Langum Publisher Comments Alternately vilified as a publicity-seeking egoist and lauded as a rambunctious, fearless advocate, William Kunstler consistently embodied both of these qualities. Kunstler's unrelenting, radical critique of American racism and the legal system took...
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Thurman Arnold: A Biography
by Spencer Weber Waller Publisher Comments Thurman Arnold (1891-1969) was a major iconoclast of American law and a great liberal of the 20th century. In this first biography of Arnold, Spencer Weber Waller traces Arnold's life from his birth in Laramie, Wyoming, and explores how his western...
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Clarence Thomas: A Biography
by Andrew Peyto Thomas Publisher Comments This fascinating biography offers new insights into the conflict with Anita Hill that made Clarence Thomas a household name--and inflicted deep scars on him that endure to this day. The author draws on insights supplied by former Supreme Court clerks and...
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Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines (Southern Biography)
by Elizabeth Alexander Publisher Comments The legal crusade of Myra Clark Gaines (1804?-1885) has all the trappings of classic melodrama--a lost heir, a missing will, an illicit relationship, a questionable marriage, a bigamous husband, and a murder. For a half-century the daughter of New...
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The Man Who Rode the Tiger: The Life and Times of Judge Samuel Seabury
by Herbert Mitgang Publisher Comments The Man Who Rode the Tiger is the dramatic story of the biggest investigation of political corruption in American municipal history....
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Howe & Hummel the True & Scandalous Hist
by Richard H Rovere
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Attorney for the Damned :clarence Darrow
by Arthur Weinberg
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Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case: United States v. Oliver L. North
by Jeffrey Toobin
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Go East, young man: the early years;the autobiography of William O. Douglas.
by William O Douglas
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My father, a remembrance
by Hugo Jr Black
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International Dissent Six Steps Toward W
by William O Douglas
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Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family
by Catherine Drinker Bowen
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Warren the Man the Court the Era
by John Weaver
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Howe & Hummel: Their True & Scandalous History
by Richard H. Rovere
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