Examines the experiences of couples in controversial unions and the legal and cultural backlash against contested marital arrangements in twentieth-century America.
Argues that workers'' compensation laws created new employment discrimination against disabled people and a new injury culture that treated employees and their injuries instrumentally.
This rediscovery of First Amendment rights offers both an engaging constitutional history and insight into contemporary political dialogue and society.
Challenges the persistent orthodoxies of the Tokyo tribunal and provides a new framework for evaluating the trial, revealing its importance to international jurisprudence.
Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America''s debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law.