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The Buffalo Creek Disasterby Gerald M. Stern
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 9.99One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were suddenly homeless. Instead of accepting the small settlements offered by the coal company's insurance offices, a few hundred of the survivors banded together to sue. This is the story of their triumph over incredible odds and corporate irresponsibility, as told by Gerald M. Stern, who as a young lawyer and took on the case and won. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Splittingby Bill Eddy; Randi Kreger
New Harbinger Publications 2011; US$ 13.95Splitting is an essential legal and psychological guide for anyone divorcing a ìpersuasive blamerî: someone who suffers from borderline personality disorder (BPD) or narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). This book is written by Bill Eddy, a family court attorney and therapist, and Randi Kreger, author of the bestselling Stop Walking on Eggshells and founder of the popular website www.bpdcentral.com. more...
The Smoking Gunby Gerry Spence
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 7.99From America's foremost criminal defense lawyer and author of the bestselling How to Argue and Win Every Time comes this riveting, true account of a trial that adeptly exposes the unrelenting power of the state, which so often crushes those -- guilty or innocent -- who come before the bar of justice. It could happen to you. When Sandy Jones and her teenage son were accused of murdering a real estate developer on their hardscrabble Oregon farm, the prosecution had an eyewitness to the shooting and a photograph of Sandy holding a smoking rifle. County officials kept Sandy in jail while they awaited the trial, despite ballistic evidence that strongly suggested she hadn't fired the fatal shot. The case erupted into an epic struggle between... more...
The Witness Standby Janet Vogelsang
Haworth Press 2001; US$ 29.95This indispensable guide tells exactly what happens in court, how to counter common strategies for discrediting your profession, and what to do when your client's attorney is obnoxious. The Witness Stand emphasizes the biopsychosocial assessment as the essential tool for a social worker called on to testify in court. Its helpful features include sample forms and affidavits and actual court testimony. The end-of-chapter summaries can be used for rapid review and as a ?to do? checklist for preparing a court case. more...
Children, Social Science, and the Lawby Bette L. Bottoms; Margaret Bull Kovera; Bradley D. McAuliff
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 38.00Children, Social Science, and the Law integrates social science research, social policy, and legal analysis related to children and the law. It provides the most cutting-edge information available on topics such as child abuse, children's eyewitness testimony, divorce and custody, juvenile crime, and children's rights. more...
The Federalistby Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay; Terence Ball; Raymond Geuss; Quentin Skinner
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00The most accessible rendition ever of a classic of political thought in action. Terence Ball presents all eighty-five Federalist papers, along with the sixteen letters of 'Brutus', the New York Antifederalist. Each is systematically cross-referenced to the other, and both to the appended Articles of Confederation and US Constitution. more...
Webster's New World Law Dictionaryby Susan Ellis Wild
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2006; US$ 14.99The Plain-English Legal Dictionary for Anyone Who Wants to Understand the Often Incomprehensible Terminology Law has a language all its own. Webster's New World Law Dictionary translates it clearly. Written in plain English, it's much easier to understand than typical legal documents. It's up-to-date and comprehensive, with: * Clear, concise, and accurate definitions of more than 4,000 legal terms * Coverage of terms from all areas of law, including criminal law, contracts, evidence, constitutional law, property law, and torts * Common abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and a full copy of the United States Constitution, including the Bill of Rights and all subsequent amendments * Definitions of newer terms such as alternative minimum... more...
Escaping Salemby Richard Godbeer
Oxford University Press 2005; US$ 9.00Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford town folk. more...
A Lawyer's Handbook for Enforcing Foreign Judgments in the United States and Abroadby Robert E. Lutz
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 158.00This book assists lawyers in navigating the procedures and strategies in enforcing foreign judgments. more...
Race, Law, and American Societyby Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Routledge 2003; US$ 29.95Traces the history of racial discrimination in American law starting from colonial times, analyzing the key court cases that established America's racial system and showing their impact on American society. It examines education, property ownership, voting rights, criminal justice, and the military as well as internationalism and civil liberties. more...