— American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award 7 Titles found
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America's Constitution
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $18.00
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $18.00
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution... Read more >
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hardcover.
America's Constitution
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $29.95
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Akhil Reed Amar
Format: Hardcover, 672 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $29.95
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Contempt of Court
The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism
Written by Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $15.95
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution, and the stay... Read more >
The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism
Written by Mark Curriden and Leroy Phillips
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $15.95
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution, and the stay... Read more >
An American Insurrection
James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
Written by William Doyle
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: January 7, 2003
Price: $16.00
Winner of the 2002 ABA Silver Gavel Award
In 1961, a black veteran named James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi — and launched a legal revolt against white supremacy in the most segregated state in America. Meredith’s challenge ultimately triggered what Time magazine called “the gravest conflict between... Read more >
James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
Written by William Doyle
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: January 7, 2003
Price: $16.00
Winner of the 2002 ABA Silver Gavel Award
In 1961, a black veteran named James Meredith applied for admission to the University of Mississippi — and launched a legal revolt against white supremacy in the most segregated state in America. Meredith’s challenge ultimately triggered what Time magazine called “the gravest conflict between... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
A Civil Action
Written by Jonathan Harr
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: August 27, 1996
Price: $16.00
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a National Book Award nominee
Winner of the Scribes Book Award from the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
“Jonathan Harr’s 1995 book about the lawsuit over the leukemia deaths of Woburn children is playing an extraordinary role in what some legal educators... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Harr
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: August 27, 1996
Price: $16.00
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a National Book Award nominee
Winner of the Scribes Book Award from the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects
“Jonathan Harr’s 1995 book about the lawsuit over the leukemia deaths of Woburn children is playing an extraordinary role in what some legal educators... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD.
And the Dead Shall Rise
The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Written by Steve Oney
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $20.00
On April 27, 1913, the bludgeoned body of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan was discovered in the basement of Atlanta’s National Pencil Factory. The girl’s murder would be the catalyst for an epic saga that to this day holds a singular place in America’s collective imagination—a saga that would climax in 1915 with... Read more >
The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Written by Steve Oney
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2004
Price: $20.00
On April 27, 1913, the bludgeoned body of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan was discovered in the basement of Atlanta’s National Pencil Factory. The girl’s murder would be the catalyst for an epic saga that to this day holds a singular place in America’s collective imagination—a saga that would climax in 1915 with... Read more >
Black Trials
Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste
Written by Mark S. Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $17.95
A sweeping history of American ideas of belonging and citizenship, told through the stories of fourteen legal cases that helped to shape our nation.
Spanning the period from colonial times to the present, Black Trials tells how the place of blacks in American society evolved through the actions of our courts of... Read more >
Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste
Written by Mark S. Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $17.95
A sweeping history of American ideas of belonging and citizenship, told through the stories of fourteen legal cases that helped to shape our nation.
Spanning the period from colonial times to the present, Black Trials tells how the place of blacks in American society evolved through the actions of our courts of... Read more >
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