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51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law
$37.00
By Jeffrey S. Sutton *Signed Bookplate When we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system. Yet much of our...
Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis
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By Cynthia Nicoletti *Signed Bookplate This book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question...
Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
By Philippa Strum (Author) *Signed by Author While Brown v. Board of Education remains much more famous, Mendez v. Westminster School District (1947) was actually the first case in which segregation in education...
Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation
$32.99
By Jeffrey S. Sutton *Signed Bookplate America--encompassing the systems of all 51 governments--should have a role in assessing the right balance of power among all branches of our state and...
Liberty & Union, The Civil War Era and American Constitutionalism
By Timothy S. Huebner *Signed Bookplate “This book is about the relationship between the Civil War generation and the founding generation,” Timothy S. Huebner states at the outset of...
Becoming Justice Blackmun
$22.00
By Linda Greenhouse *Signed Bookplate In this acclaimed biography, Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times draws back the curtain on America's most private branch of government, the Supreme...
Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire
$29.99
By Sam Erman *Signed Bookplate Almost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898. As...