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In a picture-perfect town, why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown, and ends up in jail herself.
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Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.
Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his life he holds dear, detailing the suffering and injustices he has overcome, including the acrimonious and polarizing Senate hearing involving a former aide, Anita Hill, and the depression and despair...
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The book offers biographical sketches of twelve of the most prominent Russian advocates of the rule of law who can be described as having fundamentally changed Russian law, state, and society. Pavel Krasheninnikov (born 1964) is a prominent Russian politician, state official, and professor of law.
He studied at Sverdlovsk School of Law and then did graduate work there. He subsequently taught at the Ural State Law University. In the 1990s he served...
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The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.
William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush was largely the result of chance, while his second tenure under President Donald Trump a deliberate and difficult choice. In this candid memoir, Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the...
7) Blindsided: The True Story of One Man's Crusade Against Chemical Giant DuPont for a Boy with No Eyes
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In 1996, an unprecedented decade-long courtroom battle was waged in Florida to help bring justice and hope to the family of a young boy born with no eyes after his mother was doused outside of a local u-pick farm by a chemical fungicide believed to have caused his birth defect and the birth defects of many other children.
It was a battle that nearly everyone but attorney Jim Ferraro deemed unwinnable. After all, it involved one of the world's most...
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The book details, from a personal and unique perspective, the history of the development and progress of some of the very significant civil rights and poverty law reform cases, several of which went all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. Not only will this book be enjoyable by attorneys and those familiar with the legal profession; but it also presents an interesting story for those who would enjoy reading about the portrayal of many connecting...
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Dans cet ouvrage axé sur le droit en vigueur au Québec, l'auteur présente les fondements de l'intervention législative et réglementaire dans le secteur du tourisme et analyse les principales règles de droit qui visent à protéger tant les consommateurs que les milieux d'accueil dans le contexte d'une activité touristique. Il établit quelques comparaisons avec des lois d'autres provinces ou d'autres pays et traite des efforts déployés à...
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As the most learned and eminent public lawyer in Germany, a busy administrator, and a prolific writer, Moser (1701-85) lived and breathed the political order. His correspondence, memoranda, and manuscript autobiography reflect the intricate day-to-day operations of the empire, and his fascinating life is a microcosm of the life and style of the empire itself. The biography provided a comprehensive picture of the empire between the Thirty Years War...
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Charles A. Shaw grew up in a segregated African-American neighborhood in St. Louis. His tight-knit community supported him, and he was inspired to become first a teacher and then a lawyer. From there, he worked his way up to federal prosecutor and state judge before President Bill Clinton appointed him to the federal bench. Shaw quickly became dismayed by the inequality and severity of mandatory U.S. sentencing guidelines and how they affected young...
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In the early 1960s, Jerry Kraig, an idealistic Cleveland lawyer, was retained by his boyhood mentor, Reuben Sturman, later known as the Czar of Pornography. Kraig was his First Amendment Coordinator. Little did Kraig know his representation would lead him into a nightmare legal battle resulting in Kraig's imprisonment to defraud the Federal Government of Sturman's taxes. The Kraig's were an average suburban family who had everything and lost it all....
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Ian Brown spent almost thirty years in the police force, rising through the ranks to work on some of the best-known crimes of the twentieth century.
From witnessing the brutality of the Kray twins to chasing the spoils from the Brink's-Mat gold bullion robbery, Brown was never too far away from someone's illicit deal or a hardened crook.
Renowned for being one of the luckiest members of the Sweeney (Flyinq Squad), he foiled London's most dangerous...
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John E. Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age is the captivating biography about the life and times of a man who was a major figure in the history of New York at the turn of the 20th century. An attorney, philanthropist, and reformer, Parsons held a position of respect among such Gilded Age barons as Morgan, Rockefeller and Carnegie, helped establish institutions that became the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the...
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Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history of civil rights and criticizing the actions of more conservative jurists, Supreme Court opinions now widely cited in Constitutional law, a long and complete...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led the black drive for civil rights, but the changes he sought came largely in legal opinions issues by federal judges. Foremost of these was Frank Minis Johnson, Jr., of Montgomery, Alabama, who presided over some of the most emotional hearings and trials of the rights movement-hearings brimming with dramatic and poignant testimony from the black people who cried out for the freedoms that are the legacy of all Americans....
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Creighton's first love was always music, but after college he found himself performing in courtrooms rather than on stages or in concert halls. Inspired by the portrayal of Atticus Finch in the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird”, he went to law school to become a defense attorney, but his career path took an unanticipated turn. For nearly three decades, Creighton prosecuted many of Utah's most notorious criminal cases — cases which drew widespread...
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Before taking her place as the second woman on the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg quietly led a revolution and forever changed life in America for both men and women. Reserved and quiet, she didn't set out to be a trailblazer, but there was something in her way: the law. Hundreds of years of legal precedent, a line of devastating Supreme Court cases, and countless statutes depriving women of equal citizenship and keeping them...
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Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. One represented English Canada, the other Quebec. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced similar challenges. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment.
Constance Backhouse delves into the sexist roadblocks both women had to face in education, law practice, and in the courts. She...
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Memories clearly start from the age of five to the year 2020 and the COVID-19 outbreak. Robert was introduced to the outdoor life by his father and brother. Athletics consumed a huge portion of his life. His first hunt in Alaska during the fall of 1981 was a huge success and planted the seed for more adventure. Reading the book Surviving the Journey is suspense-filled, taking you to many places in the world. It is a fun read you will enjoy.
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