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Plain, Honest Men
The Making of the American Constitution
Written by Richard Beeman
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the... Read more >
The Making of the American Constitution
Written by Richard Beeman
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $13.99
In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the... Read more >
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The Federalist Papers
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
Format: Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $7.99
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America’s greatest patriots and... Read more >
Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
Format: Paperback, 624 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $7.99
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America’s greatest patriots and... Read more >
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Queer (In)Justice
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Written by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $19.00
Winner of the 2011 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences—as “suspects,” defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer... Read more >
The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Written by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $19.00
Winner of the 2011 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency
A groundbreaking work that turns a “queer eye” on the criminal legal system, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences—as “suspects,” defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer... Read more >
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The Death of Common Sense
How Law Is Suffocating America
Written by Philip K. Howard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $15.00
How Law Is Suffocating America
Written by Philip K. Howard
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $15.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of...
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The Odd Clauses
Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00
An innovative, insightful, often humorous look at the Constitution’’s lesser-known clauses, offering a fresh perspective on the document’s relevance today
For a variety of reasons, many of the Constitution’s more obscure passages never make it to any court and therefore never make headlines or even law school classrooms, which teach... Read more >
Understanding the Constitution through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions
Written by Jay Wexler
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $16.00
An innovative, insightful, often humorous look at the Constitution’’s lesser-known clauses, offering a fresh perspective on the document’s relevance today
For a variety of reasons, many of the Constitution’s more obscure passages never make it to any court and therefore never make headlines or even law school classrooms, which teach... Read more >
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The Buffalo Creek Disaster
How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won
Written by Gerald M. Stern
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $14.95
One 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... Read more >
How the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal company--and won
Written by Gerald M. Stern
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $14.95
One 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... Read more >
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The Journalist and the Murderer
Written by Janet Malcolm
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1990
Price: $15.00
In two previous books, Janet Malcolm explored the hidden sides of, respectively, institutional psychoanalysis and Freudian biography. In this book, she examines the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example -- the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of... Read more >
Written by Janet Malcolm
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1990
Price: $15.00
In two previous books, Janet Malcolm explored the hidden sides of, respectively, institutional psychoanalysis and Freudian biography. In this book, she examines the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example -- the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of... Read more >
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Covering
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Written by Kenji Yoshino
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2007
Price: $15.95
In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture.
Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of... Read more >
The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights
Written by Kenji Yoshino
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2007
Price: $15.95
In this remarkable and elegant work, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino fuses legal manifesto and poetic memoir to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture.
Everyone covers. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Because all of... Read more >
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eBook.
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Gideon's Trumpet
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $13.99
A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Anthony Lewis
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $13.99
A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Courtroom 302
A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Written by Steve Bogira
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 14, 2011
Price: $11.99
Steve Bogira’s riveting book takes us into the heart of America’s criminal justice system. Courtroom 302 is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago’s Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country.
We see the system through the eyes of the men and women who... Read more >
A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Written by Steve Bogira
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 14, 2011
Price: $11.99
Steve Bogira’s riveting book takes us into the heart of America’s criminal justice system. Courtroom 302 is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicago’s Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country.
We see the system through the eyes of the men and women who... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
