In his first book since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story, renowned historian David Oshinsky takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Courts controversial and much-debated stances on capital punishment-in the landmark case of Furman v.
Although she came to be known as merely that girl with the dirty books, Dollree Mapp was a poor but proud black woman who defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods.
Silver Gavel Award, Honorable MentionIn the Chicago suburb of Skokie, one out of every six Jewish citizens in the late 1970s was a survivoror was directly related to a survivorof the Holocaust.
Although she came to be known as merely that girl with the dirty books, Dollree Mapp was a poor but proud black woman who defied a predominantly white police force by challenging the legality of its search-and-seizure methods.
Silver Gavel Award, Honorable MentionIn the Chicago suburb of Skokie, one out of every six Jewish citizens in the late 1970s was a survivoror was directly related to a survivorof the Holocaust.
Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist.
In the depths of the Great Depression, when foreclosure rates skyrocketed across the United States, more than two dozen states passed mortgage-extension or -adjustment laws to help farmers and homeowners keep their properties.
Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist.
In the depths of the Great Depression, when foreclosure rates skyrocketed across the United States, more than two dozen states passed mortgage-extension or -adjustment laws to help farmers and homeowners keep their properties.
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the law of the established Church of England from the Reformation to the present day.
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the principal legal landmarks in the evolution of the law of the established Church of England from the Reformation to the present day.
The Recollections of Sir James Bacon, a leading light in the evolution of English law during the 19th century, casts an unexpectedly amusing and high-spirited light on turbulent times.
"La presente se trata de una obra de objetivo eminentemente docente, que intenta construir una historia del Derecho para el período conocido, a grandes rasgos, como la antigüedad, esto es, desde la Edad del Hierro hasta la desarticulación del Imperio romano, constituyendo la primera parte del esfuerzo del autor para historiar el Derecho hasta nuestros días.
In a free society where it often seems nothing is sacred, many feel that one thing at least should be: that despite constitutional guarantees of free speech, it should be illegal to desecrate the American flag.
This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context.
This book explores the development and application of the law of treason in England across more than a thousand years, placing this legal history within a broader historical context.
Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.
This book provides a historical and socio-legal investigation into the prevalence of litigation arising from cursing and interpersonal hostility in the under-explored region of Northwest England during a period of acute socio-economic crisis in the seventeenth century.
This book provides a historical and socio-legal investigation into the prevalence of litigation arising from cursing and interpersonal hostility in the under-explored region of Northwest England during a period of acute socio-economic crisis in the seventeenth century.
This collection brings together historians, political scientists and legal scholars to explore the Anglo-American origins of impeachment and its use in the USA.
Three and a half decades before the city of New York witnessed the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumors of a massive conspiracy among the city’s slaves spread panic throughout the colony.
