Every Supreme Court transition presents an opportunity for a shift in the balance of the third branch of American government, but the replacement of Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas in 1991 proved particularly momentous. Not only did it shi...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-Sep-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Penguin Young Readers, ISBN-13: 9780593421864)
From Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a glimpse of her journey to the Court and an account of her approach to the Constitution Since her confirmation hearing, Americans have peppered Justice Amy Coney Barrett with questions. How has she adju...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 02-Sep-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of California Press, ISBN-13: 9780520396616)
The weakening of the federal courtsand how they can restore their power and Americans access to justicetold through the lives of three remarkable judges. Despite the outsize public attention paid to the Supreme Court, federal trial courts are at...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252046636)
One of Abraham Lincolns staunchest and most effective allies, Judge David Davis masterminded the floor fight that gave Lincoln the presidential nomination at the 1860 Republican National Convention. This history-changing event emerged from a long f...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643365657)
The first comprehensive examination of the development of judicial elections in the American South The practice of choosing state judges by popular election is a unique aspect of American democracy. First appearing in Mississippi in 1832 and then sw...Daugiau...
Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic person and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. As a Justice, Sotomayors work has made a huge impact on American history. In this interesting and educational biography, readers will learn all about Sotoma...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jun-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: University Press of Kansas, ISBN-13: 9780700638864)
The essential biography of Charles Evans Hughes, whose indelible career in politics and law shaped American modernization in the twentieth century.In the first full-life biographical study of Charles Evans Hughes in over seventy year...Daugiau...
An empowering picture book adaptation of the poem that took the nation by storm and a love letter to the Black women pioneers of the past and to the next little girl who will one day be crowned. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. ...Daugiau...
Their Accomplices Wore Robes takes readers from the Civil War era to the present and describes how the Supreme Court-even more than the presidency or Congress-aligned with the enemies of Black progress to undermine the promise of the Constitutions...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Jun-2025, Other book format, Leidėjas: University of South Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781643365664)
The first comprehensive examination of the development of judicial elections in the American South The practice of choosing state judges by popular election is a unique aspect of American democracy. First appearing in Mississippi in...Daugiau...
An engaging biography chronicles the life of Sandra Day OConner, from her early Arizona childhood through the obstacles she faced in her professional career to her being named the first female Supreme Court Justice and includes explanations of key c...Daugiau...
From 1985, when he first took the bench, to when he stepped down in 2023, Judge Caprio dispensed true compassion to a continuous flow of regular people in his municipal traffic court in Providence, Rhode Island. In Compassion in the Court, Judge Cap...Daugiau...
Exploring the rationales behind legal anger, its logic and origins, this book draws on the perspectives of judges and prosecutors in Italy, Sweden, the USA, and Scotland. When do judges and prosecutors become angry in court, what do they become angr...Daugiau...
Exploring the rationales behind legal anger, its logic and origins, this book builds on the perspectives of judges and prosecutors in Italy, Sweden, the United States, and Scotland.When do judges and prosecutors become angry in court, what...Daugiau...
