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  • Courtwatchers

    Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

    by Clare Cushman ...
    In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than 200 years. Each chapter covers one general thematic topic and weaves a narrative from memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts by the ... Read more

    $28.29 USD

  • Of Courtiers and Kings

    More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices

    by Professor Barry Cushman, John D. Fassett, John Q. Barrett, Raymond S. Troubh, Arthur Seder Jr, Mimi Early Clark, Norman Dorsen, Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Fred Davis, Daniel Fischel, Thomas Kauper, Alan R. Novak, Monroe E. Price, Thomas Rowe, David Schulte, Steven Umin, Chad Oldfather, Bridget Tainer-Parkins, Rebecca Hurley, Nancy Marder, Craig M Bradley, Julia C. Ambrose, Kermit Roosevelt III, Laura Krugman Ray ...
    Series series Constitutionalism and Democracy
    Supreme Court justices have long relied on law clerks to help process the work of the Court. Yet few outside the Court are privy to the behind-the-scenes bonds that form between justices and their clerks.In Of Courtiers and Kings, Todd C. Peppers and Clare Cushman offer an intimate new look at the personal and professional relationships of law clerks with their justices. Going beyond the book’s ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

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  • Raging Heart: The Intimate Story of the Tragic Marriage of O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson

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  • The Nine

    Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

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    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 a crucial point, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights, and church-state ... Read more

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  • Brierly's Law of Nations

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    This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations. Written for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, the book first appeared in 1928 and attracted a wide readership. This new edition builds on Brierly's scholarship and his idea that law must serve a social purpose. Previous editions of The Law of Nations have been the standard introduction to international ... Read more

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  • The Court and the World

    American Law and the New Global Realities

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    In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private—from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade—obliges the Court to understand and consider circumstances beyond America’s ... Read more

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  • Justice in Asia and the Pacific Region, 1945–1952

    Allied War Crimes Prosecutions

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    This book explores a cross-section of war crimes trials that the Allied powers held against the Japanese in the aftermath of World War II. More than 2,240 trials against some 5,700 suspected war criminals were carried out at 51 separate locations across the Asia Pacific region. This book analyzes fourteen high-profile American, Australian, British, and Philippine trials, including the two ... Read more

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  • Redeeming the Dream

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