Amar, Akhil Reed
Summary: "From Illinois to Alabama, and from Florida to Utah, our laws and legal debates arise from distinctive local settings within our vast and varied nation. As the renowned scholar Akhil Amar explains, Abraham Lincoln's argument against the legality of succession can be traced to his Midwestern upbringing, just as a close look at the Florida legislature and state Supreme Court reveals the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 AMADorn, Anna
Summary: "In the tradition of How to Murder Your Life, a young woman's witty memoir demystifying law school and lawyers through tales of her own badness, the badness of her peers, and the badness of the law in general"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DORN, ANNA DORSummary: Strange, outdated laws from each of the 50 U.S. states--some overturned, some still on the books, and some merely the stuff of legends--are depicted with sly wit by Olivia Locher. These images will appeal to art buffs and trivia fans alike. A foreword from American poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview with the artist by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, contextualize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 770 LOCWides-Muñoz, Laura
Summary: "A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call them DREAMers: young people who were brought or sent to the United States as children. They attend our local schools; work jobs that contribute to our economy. Some apply to attend university here,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.7 WIDBrockenbrough, Martha
Summary: "A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARKEarley, Ryan
Summary: How do Americans state what they believe in, how their representative government works, and more? By writing it down! Investigate great documents that have shaped United States history, including the Federalist Papers. Find out who wrote the papers, what they say, and why they remain important today. Read all about these remarkable documents that helped form a nation. Includes a support page of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seahorse Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 EARHoward, Philip K.
Summary: Everyday Freedom, in the tradition of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense , offers a radical vision for Re-empower Americans in their everyday choices. The massive legal structures erected since the 1960s were based on flawed notions that human judgment could be replaced by elaborate dictates. Area by area, these failed structures must be replaced with simpler frameworks activated by human...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodin Books 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 349.73 HOWSunstein, Cass R.
Summary: "The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today--about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7302 SUNOkrent, Daniel
Summary: Eugenicist arguments ranking the presumed genetic virtue of various ethnic groups helped keep hundreds of thousands of Jews, Italians, and other unwanted groups out of the United States for more than forty years. By 1921 Vice President Calvin Coolidge declared that 'biological laws' had proven the inferiority of southern and eastern Europeans; the restrictive law that remained U.S. policy until...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2019
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Summary: Describes the events surrounding the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and looks at how it provides structure for the nation's government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.73 SHECohen, Adam (Adam Seth)
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen, a revelatory examination of the conservative direction of the Supreme Court over the last fifty years since the Nixon administration. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren was at the height of its power, expanding civil rights for the poor and minorities and promoting equality in dramatic ways through rulings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 COHSummary: Part of the Ken Burns America Collection, this incisive documentary profiles our government's legislative branch. Narrated by David McCullough, the program uses historic footage and interviews with veteran political observers-including David Broder, Alistair Cooke, and Cokie Roberts-to detail the first 200 years of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Incorporating readings from diary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1988
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Breyer, Stephen G.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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Summary: In this book, Lowell E. Baier, one of America s preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys fees. He provides the first book-length comprehensive examination of the little-known Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) and its role in environmental litigation....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344 BAIChemerinsky, Erwin
Summary: "The Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about. But individuals who want to defend those rights need something else as well: access to courts that can rule on their complaints. And on matters of access, the Court's record over the past generation has been almost uniformly hostile to the enforcement of individual citizens' constitutional rights. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 347 CHECantor, Norman F.
Summary: At a time when the role of the legal profession, the jury system, and other key aspects of American law are under much dispute, Imagining the Law provides a historical perspective on these critical public issues. Historian Norman Cantor explains how and why common law developed out of Roman law, in response to the needs and assumptions of English society and culture from 1000 to 1780, and how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 349.7309 CANFerguson, Andrew G.
Summary: The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies --viewed as race-neutral and objective--have been eagerly adopted by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 FERLebovic, Sam
Summary: "The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 to prosecute spies and critics during World War I. And yet, after a century of piecemeal revisions, the Espionage Act still forms the basis of our national security architecture today - a tool that lets the government keep an untold amount of information secret, without ever justifying the need for that secrecy. In State of Silence, political historian Sam...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 345.7302 LEBSummary: The laws of the criminal justice system are primarily framed by the Constitution, which sets the standards of due process. In this program, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges explain the differences between misdemeanors and felonies, the various degrees of crimes, and the elements of a crime. Investigation procedures in the gathering of evidence and statements are discussed. Legal experts and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Vonder Brink, Tracy
Summary: "What is the U.S. Constitution? Why is it important? Find out in 'The Constitution'"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seahorse Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.7302 VONSummary: In 1991, Rick Walker was wrongly convicted of murder and spent the next 12 years in prison. This program tells the story of his exoneration and the political struggle to secure financial compensation for him from the state of California. In addition to an interview with Walker himself, the film presents detailed conversations with key players in his case and the partisan budget battle over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Bush, Jeb.
Summary: From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today: immigration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 325.73 BUSHudson, David L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 342.085 HUDWebb, Stuart G.
Summary: Outlines a strategic method for divorced parents on how to divide assets, conduct post-divorce relationships, and share custody while protecting the needs of their children, counseling readers on how to hire legal representation while avoiding court and expensive litigation processes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2007