Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America by Regnery Publishing $16.95
The bestselling Men in Black-first time in paperback! Lawyer and hugely popular radio talk show host Mark Levin throws the book at out-of-control liberal judges who ignore the Constitution, dismantle the rights of American citizens, and make up their own coercive law from the bench.
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Anchor $16.00
In The Nine, acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and...
The Theory of Social Revolutions(Newly Annotated Version-Excellent Student Resource) by 99 Cent E-Press $0.99
"Municipal law, to be satisfactory, should be a body of abstract principles capable of being applied impartially to all relevant facts, just as Marshall and Jay held it to be. Where exceptions begin, equality before the law ends, as I have tried to show by the story of King David and Uriah, and therefore the great effort of civilization has been to remove judges from the possibility of being...
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System by Wadsworth Publishing $169.95
Open this book and step into America's court system! What's it like to be a judge? A prosecutor? A defense attorney? With Neubauer's best-selling book, you'll find out! This fascinating and well-researched text gives you the sense of being in the courthouse-of what it is like to work in and be a part of the system. This concept of the courthouse "players" illustrates each person's important role...
John Marshall and the Constitution (A Chronicle of the Supreme Court) by IndyPublish $18.99
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges by Thomson West $29.95
In their professional lives courtroom lawyers must do these two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two of the most noted legal writers of our day Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges is a guide for...
Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Twelve $16.99
A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backcountry lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but...
A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law (University Center for Human Values) by Amy Gutmann $23.95
We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about...
Mass Media Law (Brown & Benchmark) by William C Brown Pub $60.35
This text offers current information and examples of mass media law. It includes the implications of the O.J. Simpson trial on cameras in the courtroom, jury selection and sequestering juries. The book begins by giving an explanation of the Bill of Rights and the American legal system.
Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View (Vintage) by Vintage $16.00
Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the Supreme Court has the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those decisions are highly unpopular? What must the Court do to maintain the public’s faith? How can it help make our democracy work? In...