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Civil Litigation: Process and Procedures
by Thomas F. Goldman  Synopsis Focusing on the complete litigation process, this book gives readers the entire picture of civil litigation from client interview to trial to collecting on a judgment. With a unique focus on technology, it devotes a separate chapter to electronic...
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Not a Suicide Pact : Constitution in a Time of National Emergency (06 Edition)
by Richard A. Posner Publisher Comments Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens — many of the measures taken by the Bush administration...
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Brussels I Regulation
by Publisher Comments This commentary is the first full scale article-by-article commentary in English ever to address the Brussels I Regulation. It is truly European in nature and style. It provides thorough and succinct indepth analysis of every single article and offers...
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War and Liberty: an American Dilemma: 1790 To the Present (07 Edition)
by Geoffrey Stone Publisher Comments Award-winning author Stone has created an in-depth examination of how constitutional rights have fared under the current president, and reveals how the government has suppressed civil liberties in times of war throughout American history....
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Trial Lawyers : the Nation's Top Litigators Tell How They Win (88 Edition)
by Emily Couric Publisher Comments For lawyers and lawmen alike, this book introduces ten well-known lawyers who reveal the scholarship, sleuthwork, and aggressiveness that their profession demands....
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See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation
by Thomas Geoghegan Publisher Comments A powerful new argument that right-wing legal policy gives Americans no recourse but to sue one another, by the National Book Critics Circle Award nominee. <BR>Since the dawn of the Reagan era, America's traditional legal structures have been...
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Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America
by Steven H Shiffrin Publisher Comments Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech....
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Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse
by Todd R Clear Publisher Comments At no time in history, and certainly in no other democratic society, have prisons been filled so quickly and to such capacity than in the United States. And nowhere has this growth been more concentrated than in the disadvantaged--and primarily minority--...
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Simple Justice
by Richard Kluger Publisher Comments Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original interviews with surviving participants, Richard Kluger...
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The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
by Paul Craig Roberts Publisher Comments In this updated and expanded edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton renew their valiant campaign to reclaim that which is rightly ours–liberty protected by the rule of law. They show how crusading...
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May It Please the Court: The Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955
by Peter Irons Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, this bestselling collection of Supreme Court transcripts presents 23 of the most significant oral arguments made before the court since 1955. Also includes an introduction in which lawyers discuss their historic arguments...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy of Children's Rights from (Public Square the Public Square)
by Barbara B Woodhouse Publisher Comments Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the...
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The Nature of the Judicial Process
by Benjamin N. Cardozo Publisher Comments A distinguished jurist provides insights into the judicial role by asking and answering the question, “What is it that I do when I decide a case?” In this legal classic, a former Associate Supreme Court Justice explains a judge’s...
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The Lost Promise of Civil Rights
by Risa L. Goluboff Publisher Comments Listen to a short interview with Risa GoluboffHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron andamp; Crane In this groundbreaking book, Risa L. Goluboff offers a provocative new account of the history of American civil rights law. The Supreme Court's decision in...
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The Prosecutors: A Year in the Life of a District Attorney's Office
by Gary Delsohn Publisher Comments Depicting American justice at its best and worst, The Prosecutors lifts the lid off today's legal system with details that are more shocking and graphic than any television show or bestselling novel. Allowed unprecedented access to spend a year inside an...
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Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law #12: On Civil Procedure
by J. A. Jolowicz Publisher Comments Jolowicz??'s comparative study examines fundamental conceptions of the law and its societal purposes....
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Property Rights & the Constitution: Shaping Society Through Land Use Regulation
by Dennis J Coyle Book News Annotation Systematically assesses key constitutional developments in the land use field during the last decade in state and federal supreme courts. Among the important trends highlighted are the growing role of state supreme courts, attacks on regulation as...
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Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television, & the First Amendment
by Newton Minow Publisher Comments Winner of the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association Two well-known experts-Newton N. Minow is a former chairperson of the FCisuggest bold new ways to think about television and its influence on American life and, most urgently, on...
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Producing Theatre: A Comprehensive Legal and Business Guide
by Donald C Farber Publisher Comments For the professional and student here is a basic guide to raising money, obtaining rights and bringing a play to the stage. Appendices include actual examples of commonly used legal forms and contracts. .,."likely to remain for some time to come the...
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Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America
by Matthew C. Mirow Publisher Comments Private law touches every aspect of people's daily lives--landholding, inheritance, private property, marriage and family relations, contracts, employment, and business dealings--and the court records and legal documents produced under private law are a...
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