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Mr. Civil Rights
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Nancy Whitelaw |
A biography of the civil rights advocate who was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. |
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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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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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The judicial branch of the federal government
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Brian Duignan |
Through a series of landmark court cases -- chronicled in this book with an explanation of their lasting impact -- the judiciary has shaped the laws of the nation. Biographical sketches of important … |
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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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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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Injustice for all
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Robin Caroll |
A federal judge lies bleeding on his office floor, betrayed by a most unlikely source—people who helped him bring criminals to justice. Now, why would someone working for the FBI need to disappear af… |
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Ice fire
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David Lyons,David Lyons |
"The first in a gripping and timely new series featuring Jock Boucher"-- |
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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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Racing against time
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Marie Ferrarella |
The Honorable Brenton Montgomery would break every rule to recover his kidnapped little girl. But he wasn't prepared to clash with the one woman he'd secretly loved for years, Detective Callie Cavana… |
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Biography today
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Cherie D. Abbey |
Contains alphabetically arranged biographical sketches of well-known personalities.
"Contains current biographical sketches of athletes, authors, business leaders, entertainers, musicians, politicia… |
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Thurgood Marshall
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G. S. Prentzas |
Presents the life of the first Afro-American appointed to the Supreme Court. |
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John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838
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R. A. Melikan |
John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751--1838) was a dominant figure in Georgian public life, and ranks among the most important Lord Chancellors in the long history of that office.
This biography - the fir… |
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On democracy's doorstep
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J. Douglas Smith |
"The inside story of the Supreme Court decisions that brought true democracy to the United States Today, Earl Warren is recalled as the chief justice of a Supreme Court that introduced school desegre… |
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