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Alone
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Lisa Gardner |
Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man ha… |
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The myth of the imperial judiciary
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Mark Kozlowski |
"The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary explores the anti-judicial ideological trend of the American right, refuting these claims and taking a realistic look at the role of courts in our democracy to sho… |
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Smuggler's Moon (Sir John Fielding #8)
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Bruce Alexander |
Off the water that separates England from France, near the seaside town of Deal, the practice of "owling," a local term for the illegal cargo trade, thrives on the moonlit beaches. Blind judge Sir Jo… |
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Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding #1)
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Bruce Alexander |
Falsely charged of theft in 1768 London, thirteen-year-old orphaned printer's apprentice Jeremy Proctor finds his only hope in the legendary Sir John Fielding. Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Run… |
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Thurgood Marshall
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James Haskins |
Examines the life and accomplishments of the first black judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court. |
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Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court
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Deborah Kent |
Narrates the life of the first African-American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court. |
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Abandon
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Carla Neggers |
On what is supposed to be a quiet long weekend in New Hampshire, Deputy U.S. Marshal Mackenzie Stewart is viciously attacked at the lakefront cottage of her friend, federal judge Bernadette Peacham. … |
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Advice and Consent
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Lee Epstein |
From Louis Brandeis to Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas, the nomination of federal judges has generated intense political conflict. With the coming retirement of one or more Supreme Court Justices--and… |
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Les cadis d'Iraq et l'État Abbasside (132/750-334/945)
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Tillier, Mathieu |
En 132/750, les Abbassides s’emparèrent du pouvoir au terme d’un mouvement dénonçant l’injustice des Umayyades. La réforme de l’appareil judiciaire, contribuant à affermir leur légitimité, fut une de… |
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Injustice for All
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Scott Pratt |
Prosecutor Joe Dillard watched in shock as friend and fellow lawyer Ray Miller was pushed to the brink of suicide in the court of Judge Leonard Green. So when Joe arrives at a crime scene to see Gree… |
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A conflict of Interest
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Anna Adams |
A judge's professional life collides with his personal one when he is attracted to a key witness in a trial. |
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Thurgood Marshall
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Juan Williams |
Presents a biography of the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court, from his crusade against segregation to his friendships with other famous Black figures. |
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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Sarah De Capua |
"Presents the biography of Sandra Day O'Connor against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher. |
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La fuerza de la razón
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Baltasar Garzón |
"Creo que la fuerza de la razón, frente a la razón de la fuerza, siempre debe imponerse sobre cualquier tentación de los que disponiendo del poder, lo utilizan arbitrariamente." Este libro es el resu… |
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Secret of the white rose
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Stefanie Pintoff |
"The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. It's high profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, sin… |
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My grandfather's son
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Clarence Thomas |
The Supreme Court justice recounts his life story, from his impoverished childhood in Jim Crow-era Georgia and his struggles to acquire an education, to his publicly contested confirmation to the nat… |
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Supreme conflict
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Jan Crawford Greenburg |
Drawing on unprecedented acc ess to the Supreme Court justices themselves and their inner circles, acclaimed ABC News legal correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg offers an explosive newsbreaking accou… |
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Elena Kagan
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Viqi Wagner |
"This series profiles the lives and careers of some of today's most prominent newsmakers. Whether covering contributions and achievements or notorious deeds, books in this series examine why these we… |
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Ricochet
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Sandra Brown |
When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the… |
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My beloved world
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Sonia Sotomayor |
An instant American icon, the third woman, and the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court, the author tells the story of her life before becoming a judge, in this personal memoir. Here the author r… |
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