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Perversion of Justice

The Jeffrey Epstein Story

by Julie K. Brown ...

The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Far ... Read more

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The New York Times Bestseller“A gripping journalistic procedural… Spotlight meets Erin Brockovich.” —Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times“Julie K. Brown's important book offers not just a definitive account of the Epstein case, but a compelling window into her own experiences as a dogged reporter at a regional newspaper, facing off against powerful interests set against her reporting.” —Ronan Far
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The Brethren

Inside the Supreme Court

by Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong ...

The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action.Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life. ... Read more

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The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action.Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices—maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising, and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.
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Punishment Without Crime

How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal

by Alexandra Natapoff ...

A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals.Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense ... Read more

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A revelatory account of the misdemeanor machine that unjustly brands millions of Americans as criminals.Punishment Without Crime offers an urgent new interpretation of inequality and injustice in America by examining the paradigmatic American offense: the lowly misdemeanor. Based on extensive original research, legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff reveals the inner workings of a massive petty offense
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La prueba en el procedimiento contencioso-administrativo

by David Ordóñez Solís ...

Series series Derecho español contemporáneo
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. ... Read more

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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.
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Last Branch Standing

A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court

by Sarah Isgur ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, revealing what we get wrong about the Roberts Court, what the justices' clerks gossip about, and how to fix a court in crisis—from the popular ABC news pundit and top legal podcaster"Isgur has all your answers in these smart, snappy, clear-eyed pages.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, revealing what we get wrong about the Roberts Court, what the justices' clerks gossip about, and how to fix a court in crisis—from the popular ABC news pundit and top legal podcaster"Isgur has all your answers in these smart, snappy, clear-eyed pages.”—Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
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Separate but Faithful

The Christian Right's Radical Struggle to Transform Law & Legal Culture

by Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Joshua C. Wilson ...

Series series Studies in Postwar American Political Development
Fueled by grassroots activism and a growing collection of formal political organizations, the Christian Right became an enormously influential force in American law and politics in the 1980s and 90s. While this vocal and visible political movement has long voiced grave concerns about the Supreme Court and cases such as Roe v. Wade, they weren't able to effectively enter the courtroom in a serious ... Read more

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Fueled by grassroots activism and a growing collection of formal political organizations, the Christian Right became an enormously influential force in American law and politics in the 1980s and 90s. While this vocal and visible political movement has long voiced grave concerns about the Supreme Court and cases such as Roe v. Wade, they weren't able to effectively enter the courtroom in a serious
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Pleading Out

How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

by Dan Canon ...

A blistering critique of America’s assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargainMost Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions are the result of a plea bargain, a deal made entirely out of the public eye.Law ... Read more

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A blistering critique of America’s assembly-line approach to criminal justice and the shameful practice at its core: the plea bargainMost Americans believe that the jury trial is the backbone of our criminal justice system. But in fact, the vast majority of cases never make it to trial: almost all criminal convictions are the result of a plea bargain, a deal made entirely out of the public eye.Law
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Notorious RBG

The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik ...

New York Times BestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG"It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described “flaming feminist litigator” who made the world more equal. And an intergenerational icon affectionately known as the Notor... ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG"It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described “flaming feminist litigator” who made the world more equal. And an intergenerational icon affectionately known as the Notor...
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Lawless

How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

by Leah Litman ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Do you want to know why today’s Supreme Court rules like it does? Leah Litman has the answer, and it is one that people should know. It’s time to read this book!” —Los Angeles Review of Books“Leah Litman’s work leaves you fired up yet empowered to pay attention, ready to resist, and, frankly, hotter.” —Jonathan Van NessCrooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines... ... Read more

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Do you want to know why today’s Supreme Court rules like it does? Leah Litman has the answer, and it is one that people should know. It’s time to read this book!” —Los Angeles Review of Books“Leah Litman’s work leaves you fired up yet empowered to pay attention, ready to resist, and, frankly, hotter.” —Jonathan Van NessCrooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines...
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To Catch a Killer

by Tim Madigan ...

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. ... Read more

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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.
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Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

by Charles M. Sevilla ...

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 of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?Defendant: No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens.Attorney: What ... Read more

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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 of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?Defendant: No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens.Attorney: What
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Justice on Trial

The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court

by Mollie Hemingway, Carrie Severino ...

#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 three months later as a “national disgrace” and a “circus.”Justice on Trial, the definitive insider’s ... Read more

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#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 three months later as a “national disgrace” and a “circus.”Justice on Trial, the definitive insider’s
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One Vote Away

How a Single Supreme Court Seat Can Change History

by Ted Cruz ...

**** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER **USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world. We are one vote away from losing our most precious constitutional rights.As a Supreme Court clerk, solicitor general ... Read more

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**** WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER **USA TODAY BESTSELLER ** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **With a simple majority on the Supreme Court, the left would have the power to curtail or even abolish the freedoms that have made America a beacon to the world. We are one vote away from losing our most precious constitutional rights.As a Supreme Court clerk, solicitor general
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The Shadow Docket

How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic

by Stephen Vladeck ...

**An instant New York Times bestseller.An acclaimed legal scholar’s exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors.“Important.” —The New York Times**The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes ... Read more

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**An instant New York Times bestseller.An acclaimed legal scholar’s exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors.“Important.” —The New York Times**The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically expanded its use of the behind-the-scenes
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One Damn Thing After Another

Memoirs of an Attorney General

by William P. Barr ...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.William Barr’s first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In ... Read more

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.William Barr’s first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In
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Justice on the Brink

A Requiem for the Supreme Court

by Linda Greenhouse ...

**The gripping story of the Supreme Court’s transformation from a measured institution of law and justice into a highly politicized body dominated by a right-wing supermajority, told through the dramatic lens of its most transformative year, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning law columnist for The New York Times“A dazzling feat . . . meaty, often scintillating and sometimes scary . . . Greenhouse is a ... Read more

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**The gripping story of the Supreme Court’s transformation from a measured institution of law and justice into a highly politicized body dominated by a right-wing supermajority, told through the dramatic lens of its most transformative year, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning law columnist for The New York Times“A dazzling feat . . . meaty, often scintillating and sometimes scary . . . Greenhouse is a
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A Matter of Interpretation

Federal Courts and the Law - New Edition

by Antonin Scalia ...

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—“distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to ... Read more

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We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—“distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to
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The Most Dangerous Branch

Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump

by David A. Kaplan ...

In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government—and how we’ve come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before ... Read more

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In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, shows how the justices subvert the role of the other branches of government—and how we’ve come to accept it at our peril.With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before
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The U.S. Supreme Court

A Very Short Introduction

by Linda Greenhouse ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
For thirty years, Linda Greenhouse, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction, chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really ... Read more

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For thirty years, Linda Greenhouse, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction, chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really
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Going to Family Court - How to be Prepared on the Day

Law for Families

by Helen Conway ...

Series series Law for Families
This book tells you everything you need to know about the practicalities of the Family Court in England and Wales.How the law worksThe Family Court – who we are and what we doThe different type of court hearings – Understanding the TerminologyComing to Court – How to be PreparedArriving at court – How to find your way aroundInside the Court Room – what to expectThe People in the Family Court – Who ... Read more

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This book tells you everything you need to know about the practicalities of the Family Court in England and Wales.How the law worksThe Family Court – who we are and what we doThe different type of court hearings – Understanding the TerminologyComing to Court – How to be PreparedArriving at court – How to find your way aroundInside the Court Room – what to expectThe People in the Family Court – Who
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Procedimiento Penal Nacional acusatorio y oral

by Elías Polanco Braga ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
La esencia de esta obra la constituye el nuevo sistema penal nacional en sus caracteres de acusatorio y oral, denominado comúnmente como juicio oral. Se establecen los orígenes de los sistemas procesales penales en sus variantes de acusatorio, inquisitivo y mixto, sin omitir el sistema mexicano, que fue concebido a partir de los sistemas anteriores y de la influencia del positivismo en su época, ... Read more

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La esencia de esta obra la constituye el nuevo sistema penal nacional en sus caracteres de acusatorio y oral, denominado comúnmente como juicio oral. Se establecen los orígenes de los sistemas procesales penales en sus variantes de acusatorio, inquisitivo y mixto, sin omitir el sistema mexicano, que fue concebido a partir de los sistemas anteriores y de la influencia del positivismo en su época,
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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free

And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System

by Judge Jed S. Rakoff ...

In this startling and incisive exploration, Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, exposes the paradoxes and injustices that define the American judiciary today.How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but ... Read more

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In this startling and incisive exploration, Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, exposes the paradoxes and injustices that define the American judiciary today.How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but
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Ordinary Injustice

How America Holds Court

by Amy Bach ...

"A groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served."—Doris Kearns GoodwinAttorney and journalist Amy Bach spent eight years investigating the widespread courtroom failures that each day upend lives across America. What she found was an assembly-line approach to justice: a system that rewards mediocre advocacy ... Read more

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"A groundbreaking book . . . revealing the systemic, everyday problems in our courts that must be addressed if justice is truly to be served."—Doris Kearns GoodwinAttorney and journalist Amy Bach spent eight years investigating the widespread courtroom failures that each day upend lives across America. What she found was an assembly-line approach to justice: a system that rewards mediocre advocacy
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Code of Silence

Sexual Misconduct by Federal Judges, the Secret System That Protects Them, and the Women Who Blew the Whistle

by Lise Olsen ...

Winner of the 2021 IRE Book AwardWinner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of NonfictionIn the age of #MeToo, learn how brave whistleblowers have dared to lift the federal court’s veil of secrecy to expose powerful judges who appear to defy laws they have sworn to upholdCode of Silence tells the story of federal court employee Cathy McBroom, who had to flee ... Read more

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Winner of the 2021 IRE Book AwardWinner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of NonfictionIn the age of #MeToo, learn how brave whistleblowers have dared to lift the federal court’s veil of secrecy to expose powerful judges who appear to defy laws they have sworn to upholdCode of Silence tells the story of federal court employee Cathy McBroom, who had to flee
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