Law Makers, Law Breakers, and Uncommon Trials

Law Makers, Law Breakers, and Uncommon Trials
Author: Robert Aitken
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318805

From the divine right of Charles I to the civil rights struggle of Rosa Parks, 25 non-fiction stories provide a panorama of people whose actions helped form our legal system and our world. Constitution makers, Civil War enemies, Irish rebels, World War II Nazis, murder and passion, art and prejudice appear in a page-turner that reads like a mystery novel. Did Dr. Samuel Mudd participate in the Lincoln assassination? Was Captain Charles McVay III responsible for the sinking of the USS Indianapolis? Did Levi Weeks kill pretty Elma Sands? Read about unknown founder James Wilson and Hitler's lawyer, Hans Frank. Discover the back stories of landmark cases and enjoy the cross examination and trial skills of lawyers in top form.

The Law-breakers

The Law-breakers
Author: Ridgwell Cullum
Publisher: New York : A.L. Burt Company
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1914
Genre: Northwest, Canadian
ISBN:

Offending Women

Offending Women
Author: Anne Worrall
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 113495820X

Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy.

Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11

Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11
Author: Kari Therrian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-10-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539384212

LAWBREAKERS SUSPENSE STORIES #11Including:Round-Trip Ticket; The End of a Perfect Crime; One Body Too Many; Explosive; Down To The Last 'T'; Time out of Mind and more...Now you can enjoy again or for the first time the colorful characters and exciting stories of that era with this great golden age comic reprint LAWBREAKERS SUSPENSE STORIES #11.The classic comic reprints from GOLDEN AGE REPRINTS and UP History and Hobby are reproduced from actual comics, and sometimes reflect the imperfection of books that are decades old. These books are constantly updated with the best version available - if you are EVER unhappy with the experience or quality of a book, return the book to us to exchange for another title or the upgrade as new files become available. For our complete classic comics library catalog contact [email protected] OR VISIT OUR WEB STORE AT www.goldenagereprints.com

Mythmakers & Lawbreakers

Mythmakers & Lawbreakers
Author: Margaret Killjoy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Anarchism in literature
ISBN: 9781849350020

For centuries, authors have used the veil of fiction to cast a critical eye over the wider societal issue, such as Aldous Huxley, Tolkein and Mary Shelley. In an unprecedented collection, AK Pressbring together some of the biggest name in contemporary fiction to illuminate this relationship with a specific focus on anarchist politics. Ranging in scope from serious political discussions to hilarious personal anecdotes, the interviews collected here paint an intimate portrait of the author as a political agent.

Professional Criminals of America

Professional Criminals of America
Author: Thomas Byrnes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1886
Genre: Crime
ISBN:

Contained in the item are "36 heliotype plates with photographs of mug shots of criminals (204), and two plates; one of Inspector Byrnes, and the second a tableau of a criminal being held for his picture."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 85

The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities

The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities
Author: Nathan Belofsky
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1101188960

You're probably breaking the law right now-and don't even know it. Did you know... ? Naples, Italy, enforces laws for what constitutes real pizza, and "pizza police" visit restaurants to crack down on unlawful pies? ? In West Virginia it is a crime to display or possess a red or black flag? ? It is illegal to sell stuffed articles depicting female breasts within a thousand feet of any county highway in California? ? Spherical fishbowls have been banned in Rome since 2004? There are hundreds of bizarre laws that we could be breaking at any moment. What exactly are we doing that we shouldn't be doing, and what happens if we get caught? In this engaging and insightful collection, Nathan Belofsky takes us on a journey of eclectic, unexpected, and bizarre laws from around the world. Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession's most unusual quirks, The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities offers a delightful look at the legal system's peculiarities through the ages. From laws that crack down on how we eat, look, and have sex, to real legal battles involving litigious chimpanzees, you'll start wondering whether you're really the law-abiding citizen you claim to be.

Borderline Crime

Borderline Crime
Author: Bradley Miller
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1487501277

Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada.Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law.

Race, Crime, and the Law

Race, Crime, and the Law
Author: Randall Kennedy
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2012-02-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0307814653

An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book” (New York Times Book Review) in which “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before. "This book should be a standard for all law students."—Boston Globe In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to provoke controversy, Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before. Kennedy uncovers the long-standing failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals, probing allegations that blacks are victimized on a widespread basis by racially discriminatory prosecutions and punishments, but he also engages the debate over the wisdom and legality of using racial criteria in jury selection. He analyzes the responses of the legal system to accusations that appeals to racial prejudice have rendered trials unfair, and examines the idea that, under certain circumstances, members of one race are statistically more likely to be involved in crime than members of another.

We Are All Criminals

We Are All Criminals
Author: Emily Baxter (Attorney)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2017-09-08
Genre: Crime
ISBN: 9780999209004

One in four people in the US has a criminal record; four in four have a criminal history. These are their stories.We Are All Criminals combines criminal justice statistics and statutes with compelling photography and first-person narrative to personalize the destruction caused by decades of mass criminalization, while leaving the reader with a sense of hope and inspiration to affect change.From the pediatrician who blew up a porta potty to the chiefs of police who burglarized a liquor warehouse to the countless students who smoked and sold pot, this 279 page photo-packed book is filled with stories of people who got away with crimes--and parallel stories of people laboring under the stigma of a criminal record. It's an examination of criminality, privilege, punishment, and second chances. Woven throughout is incisive commentary on the havoc our carceral state has wreaked upon the nation; the disparate impact of our legal system on poor communities and communities of color; and the exploration of innumerable life barriers created by criminal and juvenile records.