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...
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Making Our Democracy Work
A Judge's View
Written by Stephen Breyer
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $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...
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Making Our Democracy Work
A Judge's View
Written by Stephen Breyer
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Supreme Court is one of the most extraordinary institutions in our system of government. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Court have the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions...
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Making Our Democracy Work
A Judge's View
Written by Stephen Breyer
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $26.95
The Supreme Court is one of the most extraordinary institutions in our system of government. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Court have the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $11.99
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...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $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...
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I Dissent
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $16.00
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded...
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I Dissent
Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Edited by Mark Tushnet
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2008
Price: $13.95
For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases
If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $31.95
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $15.98
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election—where the future of the Court will be...
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The Nine
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Written by Jeffrey Toobin
Read by Don Leslie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 18, 2007
Price: $22.50
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the Supreme Court and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.
Just in time for the 2008 presidential election–where the future of the Court will be at stake–Toobin reveals an institution at a...
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Courtroom 302
A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse
Written by Steve Bogira
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2006
Price: $16.00
Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the...
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The Art of Justice
Written by Marilyn Church and Lou Young
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
As the principal courtroom sketch artist for the
New York Times and WABC in New York, Marilyn Church covered many of America’s most infamous trials, from the downfall of John Gotti to the trial of would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley; from the conviction of Martha Stewart to the Sean “Puffy” Combs...
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The Trial of Susan B Anthony
Written by Susan B. Anthony
Format: Trade Paperback, 225 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $20.99
On January 24, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was indicted by a grand jury for voting, "knowingly, wrongfully, and unlawfully ... the said Susan B. Anthony being then and there a person of the female sex."
The subsequent trial, in which Anthony was convicted of breaking the law by casting a vote, became...
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