wyszukanych pozycji: 9
God on Trial: Landmark Cases from America's Religious Battlefields
ISBN: 9780143113751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An insightful and dramatic account of religious conflicts that keep America divided, from the acclaimed author of A People's History of the Supreme Court
As the United States has become increasingly conservative, both politically and socially, in recent years, the fight between the religious right and those advocating for the separation of church and state has only intensified. As he did in A People's History of the Supreme Court, award-winning author and legal expert Peter Irons combines an approachable, journalistic narrative style with intimate first-person... An insightful and dramatic account of religious conflicts that keep America divided, from the acclaimed author of A People's History of the Supr...
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104,58 zł |
The Courage of Their Convictions
ISBN: 9781501140891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,25 zł |
Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases
ISBN: 9780520083127 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 415 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Justice at War irrevocably alters the reader's perception of one of the most disturbing events in U.S. history--the internment during World War II of American citizens of Japanese descent. Peter Irons' exhaustive research has uncovered a government campaign of suppression, alteration, and destruction of crucial evidence that could have persuaded the Supreme Court to strike down the internment order. Irons documents the debates that took place before the internment order and the legal response during and after the internment.
Justice at War irrevocably alters the reader's perception of one of the most disturbing events in U.S. history--the internment during World War...
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231,71 zł |
The Steps to the Supreme Court: A Guided Tour of the American Legal System
ISBN: 9781118114995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 341 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A guide to the American legal system, told through the story of two actual court cases
The Steps to the Supreme Court takes a lively, narrative approach to the subject by following two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system all the way up to the Supreme Court. Written by a member of the Supreme Court bar, this book brings the legal system to life in a practical, accessible, and compelling way.
A guide to the American legal system, told through the story of two actual court cases
The Steps to the Supreme Court takes a lively, ... |
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A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution: Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780143037385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court Recent changes in the Supreme Court have placed the venerable institution at the forefront of current affairs, making this comprehensive and engaging work as timely as ever. In the tradition of Howard Zinn's classic A People's History of the United States, Peter Irons chronicles the decisions that have influenced virtually every aspect of our society, from the debates over judicial power to controversial rulings in the past regarding...
A comprehensive history of the people and cases that have changed history, this is the definitive account of the nation's highest court Rec...
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104,58 zł |
White Men's Law: The Roots of Systemic Racism
ISBN: 9780190914943 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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141,57 zł |
The New Deal Lawyers
ISBN: 9780691000824 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 351 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the perspective of young lawyers in three key New Deal agencies, this book traces the path of crucial constitutional test cases during the years from 1933 to 1937. From the perspective of young lawyers in three key New Deal agencies, this book traces the path of crucial constitutional test cases during the yea... |
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411,47 zł |
Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
ISBN: 9780142003756 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court, explores of one of the supreme court's most important decisions and its disappointing aftermath
In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. So goes the conventional wisdom. Weaving together vivid portraits of lawyers and such judges as Thurgood Marshall and Earl Warren, sketches of numerous black children throughout history whose parents joined lawsuits against Jim Crow schools, and gripping... Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court, explores of one of the supreme court's most important ...
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May it Please the Court
ISBN: 9781565840522 / Angielski / Book / 1994 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Until The New Press first published "May It Please the Court" in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Court since 1955 had been recorded. The original book-and-tape set was a revelation to readers and reviewers, quickly becoming a bestseller and garnering praise across the nation. "May It Please the Court" includes both live recordings and transcripts of oral arguments in twenty-three of the most significant cases argued before the Supreme Court in the second half of the twentiethcentury. This edition makes the recordings available on an MP3 audio CD.... Until The New Press first published "May It Please the Court" in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Court since 195... |
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86,93 zł |