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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

$32.50
  By Wil Haygood Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny...
Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People

Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People

$18.99 – $26.99
By Randy E. Barnett A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional...
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 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 The “superb” (The Guardian) biography of an American who stood against all the forces of Gilded Age America to fight for civil rights and economic freedom:...
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...
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

$21.99
  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...
Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court

Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court

$17.00
By Jan Crawford Greenburg Drawing on unprecedented access to the Supreme Court justices themselves and their inner circles, acclaimed ABC News legal correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg offers an explosive news...
The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges

The American Judicial Tradition: Profiles of Leading American Judges

$25.95
  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...
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,...
Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation

Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation

$35.99
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...
All The Laws But One: Civil Liberties in Wartime

All The Laws But One: Civil Liberties in Wartime

$17.00
By William H. Rehnquist In All the Laws but One, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil...
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...

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