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Interpreting the Constitution
The Supreme Court and the Process of Adjudication
Häftad, 1992
368 kr
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How does the Supreme Court work? Is there something undemocratic about having unelected judges overturn laws passed by elected legislators? How can a brief, two-hundred-year old constitution continue to provide the fundamental law for governing the United States? In this book a prominent legal …
Accidental Justice
The Dilemmas of Tort Law
Av Peter A. Bell, Jeffrey O'Connell
Häftad, 1999
452 kr
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A woman suffers paralyzing injuries in a car accident but fails in court to prove the other driver's fault. She loses her case and is left bankrupt as well as maimed. An intoxicated man stumbles in the path of a subway train. He sues the local transit authority and wins a $9 million judgment. …
Failure and Forgiveness
Rebalancing the Bankruptcy System
Av Karen Gross
Häftad, 1999
483 kr
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In 1996 a record one million-plus bankruptcy cases were filed in the United States. In this important book, an eminent legal authority provides an accessible introduction to and evaluation of the federal bankruptcy system governing these filings. Karen Gross describes existing bankruptcy law, …
American Jury System
Häftad, 2006
537 kr
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How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and …
American Civil Procedure
An Introduction
Av Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Michele Taruffo
Häftad, 1995
234 kr
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From divorce proceedings to personal injury disputes to lawsuits over busing, affirmative action, and labor relations, most conflicts in American society may eventually find their way into a courtroom. Such civil conflicts, which do not involve violations of the criminal code, encompass both …
Origins of the Bill of Rights
Häftad, 2001
176 kr
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Americans resorted to arms in 1775 not to establish new liberties but to defend old ones, explains constitutional historian Leonard W. Levy in this fascinating history of the origins of the Bill of Rights. Unencumbered by a rigid class system, an arbitrary government, or a single established church …
