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Tough Cases: Judges Tell the Stories of Some of the Hardest Decisions They've Ever Made - Hardcover

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by Russell Canan (Editor), Gregory Mize (Editor), Frederick Weisberg (Editor)"Tough Cases stands out as a genuine revelation. . . . Our most distinguished judges should follow the lead of this groundbreaking volume."--Justin Driver, The Washington Post A rare and illuminating view of how judges decide dramatic legal cases--Law and Order from behind the bench--including the Eli n Gonz lez, Terri Schiavo, and Scooter Libby cases Prosecutors and defense attorneys have it easy--all they have to d...

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The Meaning of Life: The Case for Abolishing Life Sentences - Hardcover

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by Marc Mauer (Author), Ashley Nellis (Author), Kerry Myers (Contribution by)I can think of no authors more qualified to research the complex impact of life sentences than Marc Mauer and Ashley Nellis. They have the expertise to track down the information that all citizens need to know and the skills to translate that research into accessible and powerful prose. --Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood in the Water From the author of the classic Race to Incarcerate, ...

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Murder in the Garment District: The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in the United States - Hardcover

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by David Witwer (Author), Catherine Rios (Author)The thrilling and true account of racketeering and union corruption in mid-century New York, when unions and the mob were locked in a power struggle that reverberates to this day In 1949, in New York City's crowded Garment District, a union organizer named William Lurye was stabbed to death by a mob assassin. Through the lens of this murder case, prize-winning authors David Witwer and Catherine Rios explore American labor history at its critica...

Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair - Hardcover

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by Danielle Sered (Author)The award-winning "radically original" (The Atlantic) restorative justice leader, whose work the Washington Post has called "totally sensible and totally revolutionary," grapples with the problem of violent crime in the movement for prison abolition A National Book Foundation Literature for Justice honoreeA Kirkus "Best Book of 2019 to Fight Racism and Xenophobia"Winner of the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Journalism AwardFinalist for the ...

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Raising the Bar: Diversifying Big Law - Hardcover

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by Debo Adegbile (Author), Lisa Davis (Author), Damaris Hernández (Author)A first-of-its-kind book of honest reflections, straight talk, and essential advice about life at big law firms for people of color What do young people of color aspiring to careers in the law need to know about life at big law firms? What do law schools need to do to prepare them? What do the firms themselves need to do to attract, retain, and promote them? In Raising the Bar, four partners of color from leading law fi...

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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School - Hardcover

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by Jack Schneider (Author), Jennifer Berkshire (Author)A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways--and how to fight back"A powerful analysis of the predatory, profit-seeking forces that threaten our nation's public schools. . . . If you care about the future of our society, read this book." --Diane Ravitch, author of Slaying Goliath and Reign of ErrorIn the "vigorous, well-informed" (Kirkus Reviews) A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts ...

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Hardcover

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by Michelle Alexander (Author)Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Education' Literary Hub, Book Riot' and Zora A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--one of the most influential books of the past 20 years, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the author It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matte...

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Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter - Paperback

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by Dan Méndez Moore (Illustrator)The graphic narrative history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the participants. When Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old black man, was fatally shot by police, the city broke out into nonviolent civil disobedience that was met with further police violence. This was the first major uprising of the 21st Century, matched only by the LA riots a decade before and the protests in Ferguson over a decade later. Author and illust...

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Your Living Trust & Estate Plan: How to Maximize Your Family's Assets and Protect Your Loved Ones, Fifth Edition - Paperback

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by Harvey J. Platt (Author)This revised fifth edition from estate-planning expert Harvey J. Platt details the most up-to-date strategies for using a living trust to create a flexible estate plan. Platt explains the latest tax laws, including the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the broadening of statutes for amending trusts, and the rule against perpetuities (RAP). Platt also addresses updates on many existing topics, including lifetime exemptions; the estate, gift, and generation-skippi...

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Legal Forms for Everyone: Leases, Home Sales, Avoiding Probate, Living Wills, Trusts, Divorce, Copyrights, and Much More - Paperback

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by Carl W. Battle (Author)"Reproducible, ready-to-use forms are accompanied by step-by-step descriptions of the process involved in over twenty common legal issues. . . . Well designed and easy to use." --American Libraries Legal Forms for Everyone is the ultimate self-help legal guide that will save hours of research time and money in legal fees. Written by an experienced attorney, this book is complete with the most commonly needed, ready-to-use legal forms and precise instructions and chec...

Legal and Regulatory Issues in Human Resources Management - Paperback

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by Ronald R. Sims (Editor), William I. Sauser Jr. (Editor)A volume in Contemporary Human Resource Management: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities Series Editor Ronald R. Sims, College of William and Mary This edited book is intended to address the need for an updated look at the HRM legal and regulatory environment. Contrary to existing books which address legal issues in HRM from a narrower focus or specific issue (like sexual harassment, performance appraisal or employment termination), ...

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by Kenneth Lamascus (Author)Whatever it Took is an account of the author's thirty year career in investigations and law enforcement, covering from l957 to 1987. The first part emphasizes the years LaMascus spent as Chief Deputy Sheriff of Knox County, Texas, where he did just about everything there was to do in the way of law enforcement in a rural North Texas County. The second part covers LaMascus's twenty year career with the US Border Patrol and concludes with his retirement in 1987.LaMas...

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Slaying in South St. Louis: Justice Denied for Nancy Zanone - Paperback

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by Vicki Berger Erwin (Author), Bryan Erwin (Author)On a crisp December day in 1963, Nancy Zanone left her young son and daughter playing in the backyard while she went inside to check the laundry. She never came back. A troubled teen prowling for unlocked doors along Chippewa in South St. Louis surprised her in the kitchen and stabbed her to death. Despite Joseph Arbeiter's confession and hard evidence, he was freed on a technicality. In response, Zanone's family fought to change how juvenil...

Facts, Issues, Options and Solutions - Paperback

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by Ralph Steele (Author)John Crowell Businessman, Tuscaloosa, Al Dr. Steele's book is an amazing perspective on how mediation and law collectively can help parties resolve simple and complex legal disputes. His book using the theory of facts, issues, options & solutions lends mediators the best of legal method to develop their mediation case theory in managing the dynamics of mediation cases that has clogged our judicial court system. Now the American people have a definite alternative to...

Aba/AARP Checklist for Family Survivors: A Guide to Practical and Legal Matters When Someone You Love Dies [With CDROM] - Paperback

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by Sally Balch Hurme (Author)A practical resource for dealing with family matters upon death, this first-of-its-kind publication from the American Bar Association and AARP - the nation's leading associations in the law and the advancement of issues that matter most to people 50+ and their families - helps answer the myriad of questions surrounding what needs to be done following a loved one's passing. This must-have book guides you through the steps to wrap up the personal and financial affai...

American Law 101: An Easy Primer on the U.S. Legal System - Paperback

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by Jasper Kim (Author)Everyone who wants a better, working understanding of U.S. law and the way it is applied--foreign lawyers, law students or those thinking about law school, business professionals, journalists, and the simply curious--can use this straightforward, approachable guide to the American legal system. American Law 101 offers: easy-to-read and succinct explanations and examples of most of the concepts covered in U.S. law schools concepts and terms explained in plain English, wi...

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Lawyers, Liars and the Art of Storytelling - Paperback

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by Jonathan Shapiro (Author)Storytelling - what it is, why it matters, how to do it - is not a metaphor for legal advocacy. It is legal advocacy itself, and it is not limited to jury trials or court appearances: It relates to every aspect of a lawyer's work. The practice of law is the business of persuasion, and storytelling is the most effective means of persuading. A credible lawyer capable of telling a well-reasoned story that moves the listener will always beat the lawyer who cannot. But ...

Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints) - Paperback

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by Robert Bartlett (Author)Although seemingly bizarre and barbaric in modern times, trial by ordeal-the subjection of the accused to undergo harsh tests such as walking over hot irons or being bound and cast into water-played an integral, and often staggeringly effective, role in justice systems for centuries. In Trial by Fire and Water, Robert Bartlett examines the workings of trial by ordeal from the time of its first appearance in the barbarian law codes, tracing its use by Christian socie...

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The High-Conflict Custody Battle: Protect Yourself & Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations & Parental Alienation - Paperback

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by Amy J. L. Baker (Author), J. Michael Bone (Author), Brian Ludmer (Author)Is your ex-spouse trying to gain custody of your kids? Has he or she launched a campaign to make you look like a bad parent, both in the eyes of your children and the law? You aren't alone. Unfortunately, high-conflict custody battles are all-too-common in today's world. So how can you arm yourself with the mental and legal resources needed to survive this difficult time and keep your kids safe?In The High-Conflict Cu...

The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition - Paperback

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by Samuel Adams (Author), Patrick Henry (Author), Constitutional Convention (Author)Collected here in one volume is the United States Constitution, with all of the Amendments, and seven important Ant-Federalist papers by writers such as Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, and George Clinton. The Anti-Federalists were opposed to a strong federal government. They were concerned that if too much power was given to the federal government, states' rights would necessarily be eroded. Number of Pages: 46 D...

Code of Federal Regulations Title 37, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, 2013 - Paperback

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by National Archives and Records Administra (Author), National Archives and Records Administra (Author)The Code of Federal Regulations is a codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the Executive departments and agencies of the United States Federal Government. Number of Pages: 916 Dimensions: 1.7 x 9 x 6.1 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 01, 2013

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On Community Civil Disobedience in the Name of Sustainability: The Community Rights Movement in the United States - Paperback

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by Community Environmental Legal Defense Fu (Author), Thomas Linzey (Introduction by)Humanity stands at the brink of global environmental and economic collapse. We have pinned our future to an economic system that centralizes power in fewer and fewer hands, and whose benefits increasingly flow to smaller and smaller numbers of people. Our system of government is similarly medieval--relying on a 1780s constitutional form of government written to guarantee the exploitation of the natural enviro...

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by Floyd W. Gill (Author)The Misadventures of Nick is a collection of true stories of how Floyd W. Gill, a Deputy Sheriff and School Resource Officer in Alameda County, California of 28 years, worked to change the direction of many young lives. The stories follow the elementary, middle and high school years of a boy named Nick along with several of Nick's school buddies-all of whom lacked the benefit of appropriate parental guidance. This is the true-life tale about bad choices, lessons learn...

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Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

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by Geoffrey R. Stone (Author)Lauded for "bringing a bracing and much-needed dose of reality about the Founders' views of sexuality" (New York Review of Books), Geoffrey R. Stone's Sex and the Constitution traces the evolution of legal and moral codes that have legislated sexual behavior from America's earliest days to today's fractious political climate. This "fascinating and maddening" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) narrative shows how agitators, moralists, and, especially, the justices of the Su...

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We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights - Paperback

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by Adam Winkler (Author)In a revelatory work praised as "excellent and timely" (New York Times Book Review, front page), Adam Winkler, author of Gunfight, once again makes sense of our fraught constitutional history in this incisive portrait of how American businesses seized political power, won "equal rights," and transformed the Constitution to serve big business.Uncovering the deep roots of Citizens United, he repositions that controversial 2010 Supreme Court decision as the capstone of a ...

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The Essential Executor's Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Dealing with Wills, Trusts, Benefits, and Probate - Paperback

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by David G. Hoffman (Author)Many of you, regardless of your feelings on the matter, will eventually be appointed as executor of your parents', spouse's, or another's estate. Just calling an attorney isn't enough. Settling a decedent's estate may require the combined expertise of accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, realtors, bankers, brokers, insurance companies, a myriad of bureaucrats, and, yes, even lawyers. Where do you start? How do you empty a house crammed with a lifetime's worth of k...

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Raging Heart: The Intimate Story of the Tragic Marriage of O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson - Paperback

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by Sheila Weller (Author)Originally published: New York: Pocket Books, 1995.Front JacketRaging Heart is so revealing that the book itself became part of the actual O.J. Simpson murder trial. It is the only book to trace the path of O.J. and Nicole's fatal love story through the eyes of the people who really knew them. Acclaimed journalist Sheila Weller gained the unprecedented cooperation of Nicole Brown Simpson's family, and had exclusive access to O.J. and Nicole's friends who reveal priva...

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by Christopher Darden (Author)Front Jacket#1 New York Times Bestseller. For more than a year, Christopher Darden argued tirelessly for the prosecution, giving voice to the victims in the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. In Contempt is an unflinching look at what the television cameras could not show: behind-the-scenes meetings, the deteriorating relationships between the defense and prosecution teams, the taunting, baiting, and pushing matches between Darden and Simpson, the intimate relationship...

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The Search for Justice: A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case - Paperback

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by Robert L. Shapiro (Author), Larkin Warren Robert Shapiro's account of the O.J. Simpson trial.Front JacketThe architect of O.J. Simpson's "Dream Team" tells the inside story of the Simpson murder trial from the beginning. In this book, the man who created the defense strategy answers the questions of fact, law, and ethics that were fired at him before and after the jury's verdict. With candor, wit, and compassion, Shapiro brings to light the details of "The Trial of the Century," giving us ...

Cell Phone Investigations: Search Warrants, Cell Sites and Evidence Recovery - Paperback

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by Aaron Edens (Author)As the first of its kind, Cell Phone Investigations is the most comprehensive book written on cell phones, cell sites, and cell related data. This book also features sample search warrant templates and updated material regarding the 2014 Supreme Court ruling. Cell Phone Investigations demonstrates how to examine mobile devices and sift through data without expensive equipment or years of specialized training. Features: -Includes a vast selection of search warrant templa...

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American Apartheid: The Native American Struggle for Self-Determination and Inclusion - Paperback

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by Stephanie Woodard (Author)In recent years, events such as the siege at Standing Rock and the Dakota Access pipeline have thrust Native Americans into the public consciousness. Taking us beyond the headlines, American Apartheid offers the most comprehensive and compelling account of the issues and threats that Native Americans face today, as well as their heroic battle to overcome them. Author Stephanie Woodard details the ways in which the federal government, states and counties curtail Na...

The Joy of Argument: 91 Ways to Get More of What You Want, and Less of What You Don't - Paperback

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by Albert Navarra (Author)There are things in life you want but will never get, unless you learn how to argue for them. And there are things in life you don't want, but you'll get them anyway, if you let others persuade you with weak arguments. Here you will learn how to get more of what you want, and less of what you don't. You'll learn The Joy of Argument. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 09, 2015