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66 produkter
The Federal Courts
An Essential History
Av Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1245 kr
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There are moments in American history when all eyes are focused on a federal court: when its bench speaks for millions of Americans, and when its decision changes the course of history. More often, the story of the federal judiciary is simply a tale of hard work: of finding order in the chaotic …
For Ourselves and Our Posterity: The Preamble to the Federal Constitution in American History
Häftad, 2012
308 kr
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Search for Justice
Lawyers in the Civil Rights Revolution, 1950-1975
Häftad, 2019
272 kr
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The civil rights era was a time of pervasive change in American political and social life. Among the decisive forces driving change were lawyers, who wielded the power of law to resolve competing concepts of order and equality and, in the end, to hold out the promise of a new and better nation. The …
Search for Justice
Lawyers in the Civil Rights Revolution, 1950–1975
E-bok, 2019
467 kr
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The civil rights era was a time of pervasive change in American political and social life. Among the decisive forces driving change were lawyers, who wielded the power of law to resolve competing concepts of order and equality and, in the end, to hold out the promise of a new and better nation. The …
Zombie History
Lies About Our Past that Refuse to Die
Häftad, 2020
333 kr
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Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; a mistake that discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake held despite a preponderance of evidence; a mistake that harms us. Fake history is like the Zombies we see in mass …
Zombie History
Lies About Our Past that Refuse to Die
Inbunden, 2020
1089 kr
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Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; a mistake that discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake held despite a preponderance of evidence; a mistake that harms us. Fake history is like the Zombies we see in mass …
Zombie History
Lies About Our Past that Refuse to Die
E-bok, 2020
435 kr
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Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; a mistake that discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake held despite a preponderance of evidence; a mistake that harms us. Fake history is like the Zombies we see in mass …
Salem Witchcraft Trials
A Legal History
Häftad, 1997
312 kr
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In late 17th-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and 19 people were hanged for …
Great New York Conspiracy of 1741
Slavery, Crime and Colonial Law
Häftad, 2003
556 kr
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Almost 35 years before New York saw the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumours of a slave conspiracy spread in the city, leading to the conviction and execution of over 70 slaves. This text retells the dramatic story of these landmark trials.
Treason Trials of Aaron Burr
Häftad, 2008
314 kr
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Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on the frontier he was suspected of …
Nation of Laws
America's Imperfect Pursuit of Justice
Inbunden, 2010
578 kr
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America's founders extolled a nation of laws, for they knew that only a fairly enforced legal system could protect liberty and property against corruption and tyranny. Nearly two and a half centuries later, that system remains the ultimate safeguard for us all. With concise but penetrating and …
Free Press Crisis of 1800
Thomas Cooper's Trial for Seditious Libel
Häftad, 2011
305 kr
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The far-reaching Sedition Act of 1798 was introduced by Federalists to suppress Republican support of French revolutionaries and imposed fines and imprisonment “if any person shall write, print, utter or publish . . . scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United …
Rutgers V. Waddington
Alexander Hamilton, the End of the Warfor Independence, and the Origins of Judicial Review
Inbunden, 2016
1036 kr
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Once the dust of the Revolution settled, the problem of reconciling the erstwhile warring factions arose, and as is often the case in the aftermath of violent revolutions, the matter made its way intothe legal arena. Rutgers v. Waddington was such a case. Through this little-known but remarkable …
Rutgers V. Waddington
Alexander Hamilton, the End of the Warfor Independence, and the Origins of Judicial Review
Häftad, 2016
305 kr
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Once the dust of the Revolution settled, the problem of reconciling the erstwhile warring factions arose, and as is often the case in the aftermath of violent revolutions, the matter made its way intothe legal arena. Rutgers v. Waddington was such a case. Through this little-known but remarkable …
Rutgers v. Waddington
Alexander Hamilton, the End of the War for Independence, and the Origins of Judicial Review
E-bok, 2016
535 kr
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Once the dust of the Revolution settled, the problem of reconciling the erstwhile warring factions arose, and as is often the case in the aftermath of violent revolutions, the matter made its way into the legal arena. Rutgers v. Waddington was such a case. Through this little-known but remarkable …
Supreme Court
An Essential History
Av Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
721 kr
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For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history. Now a veteran team of talented historians—including the editors of the acclaimed Landmark Law Cases and American Society series—have updated the most …
Supreme Court
An Essential History
Av Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
357 kr
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For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history. Now a veteran team of talented historians—including the editors of the acclaimed Landmark Law Cases and American Society series—have updated the most …
Supreme Court
An Essential History, Second Edition
Av N. E. H. Hull, Williamjames Hull Hoffer m. fl.
E-bok, 2018
436 kr
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For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history. Now a veteran team of talented historians—including the editors of the acclaimed Landmark Law Cases and American Society series—have updated the most …
Roe V. Wade
The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History
Av N. E. H. Hull, Peter Charles Hoffer
Häftad, 2021
305 kr
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Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as Roe v. Wade in 1973. Four decades later, it remains a touchstone for the culture wars in the United States and a pivot upon which much of our politics turns. With that in mind, N. E. H. Hull and …
Roe v. Wade
The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History
Av Peter Charles Hoffer, N. E. H. Hull
E-bok, 2021
367 kr
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Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as Roe v. Wade in 1973. Four decades later, it remains a touchstone for the culture wars in the United States and a pivot upon which much of our politics turns. With that in mind, N. E. H. Hull and …
Daniel Webster and the Unfinished Constitution
E-bok, 2021
436 kr
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Daniel Webster and the Unfinished Constitution reveals Webster as the foremost constitutional lawyer of his day. Peter Charles Hoffer builds a persuasive case that Webster was more than a skilled practitioner who rose rapidly from his hardscrabble New Hampshire origins. Hoffer thoroughly documents …
Roe V. Wade
The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History
Av N. E. H. Hull, Peter Charles Hoffer
Inbunden, 2021
1046 kr
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Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as Roe v. Wade in 1973. Four decades later, it remains a touchstone for the culture wars in the United States and a pivot upon which much of our politics turns. With that in mind, N. E. H. Hull and …
Reading Law Forward
The Making of a Democratic Jurisprudence from John Marshall to Stephen G. Breyer
Inbunden, 2023
850 kr
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In the current legal climate where “everyone is an originalist,” conventional wisdom suggests that judges merely find law, rather than make it. Orthodox common-law jurisprudence makes fidelity to the past the central goal and criterion. By contrast, the alternative approach, “reading the law …
Reading Law Forward
The Making of a Democratic Jurisprudence from John Marshall to Stephen G. Breyer
E-bok, 2024
399 kr
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In the current legal climate where “everyone is an originalist,” conventional wisdom suggests that judges merely find law, rather than make it. Orthodox common-law jurisprudence makes fidelity to the past the central goal and criterion. By contrast, the alternative approach, “reading the law …
Great New York Conspiracy of 1741
Slavery, Crime, and Colonial Law
E-bok, 2003
410 kr
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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. On the testimony of frightened bondsmen and a handful of …
Treason Trials of Aaron Burr
E-bok, 2008
402 kr
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Langum Prize, Honorable Mention Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on …
Nation of Laws
America''s Imperfect Pursuit of Justice
E-bok, 2024
399 kr
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America’s founders extolled a nation of laws, for they knew that only a fairly enforced legal system could protect liberty and property against corruption and tyranny. Nearly two and a half centuries later, that system remains the ultimate safeguard for us all. With concise but penetrating and …
Devil's Disciples
The Makers of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
Häftad, 1998
392 kr
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Approaching the subject as a legal and social historian, Peter Charles Hoffer offers a fresh look at the Salem outbreak based on recent studies of panic rumors, teen hysteria, child abuse, and intrafamily relations. He brings to life a set of conversations -- in taverns and courtrooms, at home and …
Brave New World
A History of Early America
Häftad, 2007
385 kr
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The Brave New World covers the span of early American history, from 30,000 years before Europeans ever landed on North American shores to creation of the new nation. With its exploration of the places and peoples of early America, this comprehensive, lively narrative brings together the most recent …
Law's Conscience
Equitable Constitutionalism in America
Häftad, 1990
531 kr
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The Law's Conscience is a history of equity in Anglo-American juris-prudence from the inception of the chancellor's court in medieval England to the recent civil rights and affirmative action decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Peter Hoffer argues that equity embodies a way of looking at …
