Courts category: 288 books
Representing Yourself In Court (US)
How to Win Your Case on Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Retaining and hiring a lawyer to deal with courts, claims, and minor disputes can be costly, and in certain circumstances, unnecessary. Clients dissatisfied with legal representation or eager to save money have turned to pro se, or selfrepresentation, in increasing numbers. While some court cases...
by David M. Dorsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Henry Friendly is frequently grouped with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, and Learned Hand as the best American jurists of the twentieth century. In this first, comprehensive biography of Friendly, Dorsen opens a unique window onto how a judge of this caliber thinks and decides cases, and how Friendly lived his life.
by Charles M. Sevilla
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 1999
In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.
Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.
The Court: The charge here is theft...
Summary: Men In Black - Mark R. Levin
How the Supreme Court is Destroying America
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Mark R. Levin’s book: “Men in Black: How the SupremeCourt is Destroying America”.This summary of the ideas fromMark R. Levin’s book “Men in Black” explains the author’s criticism towards theSupreme Court. According to Levin, the court corrupts the original ideas...
You Be the Judge
20 True Crimes and Cases to Solve
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
"This lively, original book is likely to be a milestone in America's ongoing fascination with the drama of trials and justice."
- Fred Graham, former chief anchor Court TV
Have you ever had the chance to decide the fate of another person? What would you do? In the real-life cases...
by Tim Madigan
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2010
The gruesome murder of a young woman named Brenda Salazar was only the first chapter in one of the most riveting crime stories in the history of Fort Worth, Texas. When it was all over, three young women were dead and a number of law officers were angry about the missed opportunities. The story came to a close in the killer's bedroom, where the detectives found a shop of horrors.
Justice on Trial
The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
Justice Anthony Kennedy slipped out of the Supreme Court building on June 27, 2018, and traveled incognito to the White House to inform President Donald Trump that he was retiring, setting in motion a political process that his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, would denounce...
by David Ordóñez Solís
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Examen de las cuestiones prácticas de la prueba a partir de sus presupuestos constitucionales, tanto españoles como europeos, de su configuración legal, especialmente a raíz de la implantación en 2009 de la nueva oficina judicial, y de su aplicación cotidiana por los tribunales. El autor, David Ordóñez Solís, es magistrado de lo contencioso-administrativo.
Sandra Day O'Connor
How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter...
Convicting the Innocent
Death Row and the Ineqaulity of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
“A landmark in the fight against the death penalty. Extensively researched and brilliantly written” (Martin Garbus, criminal defense attorney).
This investigation into wrongful convictions illustrates the tragic consequences that ensue when the American legal system goes awry. Whether it’s...
The Roberts Court
The Struggle for the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The Roberts Court, seven years old, sits at the center of a constitutional maelstrom. Through four landmark decisions, Marcia Coyle, one of the most prestigious experts on the Supreme Court, reveals the fault lines in the conservative-dominated Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
Seven...
by Michael J. Klarman
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2007
A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005. Now, in this marvelously abridged, paperback edition, Michael J. Klarman has compressed his acclaimed...
by Thomas Chi
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Meyer Lansky and the mafia, Simpon, Hilton, Jackson, Lohan, the lawyers in Las Vegas deal with clients in the global news. Lawyer Oscar Goodman became Mayor of Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson wrote the book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas after covering a narcotics conference with district attorneys...
DisOrder in the Court
31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits that Will Make You Laugh Out Loud
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud! There is no doubt that some lawsuits must be litigated in court for a number of reasons. However, there are some lawsuits that probably should never see the light of day in a courtroom. Some are funny,...