Overview :In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried ... Read More
Overview :One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot ti... Read More
Overview :Discover the big ideas behind more than 90 of history's most important legal rulings and milestone laws--from the earliest civilizations to ... Read More
Overview :The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest ... Read More
Overview :Great cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United King... Read More
Overview :Christopher Lee, who portrayed Dracula on film more than any other actor, hosts a blood-curdling search through myth and fact to uncover the... Read More
Overview :This compact history is the first to explore two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worces... Read More
Overview :There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. ... Read More
Overview :At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as 5 mi... Read More
Overview :The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War--Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice ... Read More
Overview :Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the ... Read More
Overview :This highly acclaimed text provides a comprehensive selection of the most important documents in American legal history, integrating the his... Read More
Overview :This book reconceptualizes the history of U.S. immigration and citizenship law from the colonial period to the beginning of the twenty-first... Read More