Skip to main content

Panier

Vous profitez des avantages réservés aux VIP !

Article(s) non disponible(s) à la vente
Veuillez vérifier votre panier. Vous pouvez supprimer le ou les articles qui ne sont pas disponibles maintenant ou nous les supprimerons automatiquement au moment du règlement de la commande.
articlesarticle
articlesarticle

Recommandé pour vous

Loading...


« stephen e gottlieb »

1-12 sur 12 résultats pour « stephen e gottlieb »
Skip side bar filters
  • Unfit for Democracy

    The Roberts Court and the Breakdown of American Politics

    Asked if the country was governed by a republic or a monarchy, Benjamin Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it."Since its founding, Americans have worked hard to nurture and protect their hard-won democracy. And yet few consider the role of constitutional law in America's survival. In Unfit for Democracy, Stephen Gottlieb argues that constitutional law without a focus on the future of ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Morality Imposed

    The Rehnquist Court and the State of Liberty in America

    We like to think of judges and justices as making decisions based on the facts and the law. But to what extent do jurists decide cases in accordance with their own preexisting philosophy of law, and what specific ideological assumptions account for their decisions?Stephen E. Gottlieb adopts a unique perspective on the decision-making of Supreme Court justices, blending and re-characterizing ... En savoir plus

    $49.99 CAD

Les lecteurs de ces romans ont aussi aimé

  • Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

    par Victoria Nourse ...
    American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers’ most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature ... En savoir plus

    $58.99 CAD

  • The Judicial House of Lords

    1876-2009

    The House of Lords served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years. In 2009 the new UK Supreme Court took over its judicial functions, closing the doors on one of the most influential legal institutions in the world, and a major chapter in the history of the UK legal system. This volume gathers over 40 leading scholars and practitioners from the UK and beyond to provide a comprehensive ... En savoir plus

    $76.79 CAD

  • Suspicion Nation

    The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It

    par Lisa Bloom ...
    Many thought the election of our first African American president put an end to the conversation about race in this country, and that America had moved into a post–racial era of equality and opportunity. Then, on the night of February 26, 2012, a black seventeen–year–old boy walking to a friend's home carrying only his cell phone, candy, and a fruit drink, was shot and killed by a neighborhood ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Majesty of the Law

    Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Shows us why Sandra Day O’Connor is so compelling as a human being and so vital as a public thinker.”—Michael BeschlossIn this remarkable book, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $17.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • From Jim Crow to Civil Rights

    The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

    A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations. In a highly provocative interpretation of the decision's connection to the civil rights movement, Klarman argues that ... En savoir plus

    $27.19 CAD

  • Reflections on Judging

    For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law. ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

  • The U.S. Supreme Court

    A Very Short Introduction

    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    For thirty years, Linda Greenhouse, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction, chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really ... En savoir plus

    $7.19 CAD

  • A History of the Supreme Court

    When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped down as Associate Justice to become a state judge in South Carolina; John Jay resigned as Chief Justice to run for Governor of New York; and Alexander Hamilton declined to replace Jay, pursuing a private law practice instead. As Bernard ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD

  • Divergent Paths

    The Academy and the Judiciary

    Judges and legal scholars talk past one another, if they have any conversation at all. Academics couch their criticisms of judicial decisions in theoretical terms, which leads many judges—at the risk of intellectual stagnation—to dismiss most academic discourse as opaque and divorced from reality. In Divergent Paths, Richard Posner turns his attention to this widening gap within the legal ... En savoir plus

    $46.19 CAD

  • See You In Court!

    par Barry Willdorf ...
    Every day, trials impact the lives of untold numbers of citizens. But the public has only popular images and urban myths to give it an idea of what goes on in a trial. There has been no handy, easy-to-read reference book that explains trial strategy, tactics and the process to non-lawyers — until now. See You In Court fills this void.If there is a courtroom in your future or you are writing about ... En savoir plus

    $1.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus