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Death Penalty on Trial
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 55.00This handbook sifts through the rhetoric, politics and emotion that characterize one of the most discussed, yet least understood issues in 21st century America. Placing the death penalty in a historical perspective, this introduction explains the legal theory that has perpetuated it. more...
The Taft Court
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00An authoritative survey of the Taft Court, which served from 1921 to 1929, and the impact it had on the American legal system, social order, economics, and politics. The book features an A-Z set of paragraph-length entries on the significant people, laws, events and concepts. more...
The Taney Court
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 65.00An exploration of the US Supreme Court under Roger Taney during an era of dramatic selectionism, slavery and civil war. Included is a survey of the historical period and an examination of the decisions reached in the court's most important cases. more...
The White Court
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 65.00An in-depth examination of the US Supreme Court under the 11-term reign of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. It includes A-Z entries of key people, laws, cases, events and concepts, addresses the aggregate personality of the court and analyses the impact of the court on constitutional law. more...
The Warren Court
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 65.00Earl Warren served as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court from 1953 until the end of the tumultuous 1960s. In this book, learn why conservative critics still view this Court as revolutionary and out-of-control, while its liberal fans claim it secured the rule of law for all Americans. more...
Litigation and Inequality
Oxford University Press 1992; US$ 149.99Explores the relationship between legal and social change through a study of American litigation practice. The text examines changing litigation patterns in suits between individuals and corporations over tort claims for personal injuries and contract claims for insurance benefits. more...
The Priestly Tribe
Greenwood Publishing Group 1999; US$ 111.00In this examination of the US Supreme Court, its justices, decisions, facilities, and programmes as well as its place in modern American culture, the author illustrates that the Court has consciously endeavoured to preserve its exalted standing. more...
Electing Justice
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 22.99Discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process. The author first examines the history and nature of the process, then he looks at the role and impact of other players. more...
The Unpublished Opinions of the Warren Court
Oxford University Press 1985; US$ 144.99An important contribution to constitutional literature, this collection of ten unpublished decisions by the Warren Court puts the decision making process of the Supreme Court in a new light. By following the major changes that occur in each case from the circulation of tentative majority opinions to the final issuance of opinion, the book portrays... more...
Criminal Law
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 27.95This text provides a readable, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Criminal Law. Through the media coverage of high profile trials we all feel that we know something about criminal law, and this text uses such cases to create a real interest and involvement on the part of the student. Features such as 'key words' at the start of each chapter... more...









