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Black, White and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect

Black, White and Brown: The Landmark School Desegregation Case in Retrospect

$9.95
Paperback Edited by Clare Cushman and Melvin I. Urofsky Few decisions in constitutional law have had as dramatic an impact on American life as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,...
Our Supreme Court: A History with 14 Activities

Our Supreme Court: A History with 14 Activities

$18.95
By Richard Panchyk This lively and comprehensive activity book teaches young readers everything they need to know about the nation's highest court. Organized around keystones of the Constitution including free...
The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

$12.99
By Linda Greenhouse For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times....
Written and Unwritten: The Rules, Internal Procedures, and Customs of the United States Courts of Appeals

Written and Unwritten: The Rules, Internal Procedures, and Customs of the United States Courts of Appeals

$34.99
By Jon O. Newman (Author), Marin K. Levy (Author) Although the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals are the final word on 99 percent of all federal cases, there is no...
Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences

$25.99
By Mark.V.Tushnet (Editor), Randall Kennedy (Foreword) Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as...
The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges

The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges

$24.95
  By G. Edward White *Signed Bookplate In this revised third edition of a classic in American jurisprudence, G. Edward White updates his series of portraits of the most famous...
Calm Command. U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888–1910

Calm Command. U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888–1910

$24.95
By Douglas Rooks Melville Fuller, among the most prominent Maine natives of his day, is little known today. This groundbreaking biography, the first in 70 years, restores him to his...
Signing Their Rights Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the United States Constitution

Signing Their Rights Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the United States Constitution

$11.95
By Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese Unfold Book Jacket for a Full-Color Reproduction of the U.S. Constitution. With their book Signing Their Lives Away, Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese introduced...
Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

$31.00 – $62.00
  By Clare Cushman *Signed Bookplate In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the...
The Great Dissenter, The Story of John Marshall Harlan, Hard Cover

The Great Dissenter, The Story of John Marshall Harlan, Hard Cover

$32.50
By Peter S. Canellos *Signed Bookplate The “superb” (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and...
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States

What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States

$18.00
  By James F. Simon *Signed Bookplate The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the...
Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

$15.99
By Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence--yet how...

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