Overview :The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest ... Read More
Overview :In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried ... Read More
Overview :Great cases are those judicial decisions around which the common law develops. This book explores eight exemplary cases from the United King... Read More
Overview :One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot ti... Read More
Overview :At a time when the hottest issue in US immigration law is the proposed action by President Obama to protect from deportation as many as 5 mi... Read More
Overview :Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the ... Read More
Overview :Discover the big ideas behind more than 90 of history's most important legal rulings and milestone laws--from the earliest civilizations to ... Read More
Overview :This compact history is the first to explore two landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases of the early 1830s: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worces... Read More
Overview :The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War--Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice ... Read More
Overview :This volume showcases the fruits of the democratic labors of the 1836 Constitutional Convention and the first session of the first congress ... Read More
Overview :One of The New York Times's 10 Books to Read for Women's History MonthGillian Thomas's Because of Sex tells the story of how one law, our hi... Read More
Overview :In the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA) of 1921, the U.S. Congress defined "native Hawaiians" as those people "with at least one-half bl... Read More
Overview :Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the cas... Read More
Overview :Dominick Dunne's mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed. For more than two decades, Vanity Fair published Dominick Dunne's... Read More