Counsel for the Situation

Counsel for the Situation
Author: William Thaddeus Coleman
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0815704887

An African-American lawyer who broke several barriers during his career details his influential life--including his work on the Warren Commission, his contribution to the Brown v. Board of Education case, his tenure as secretary of transportation under President Gerald Ford and more--in a book with an introduction by a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice

The American Dictionary of Criminal Justice
Author: Dean J. Champion
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780810854062

Combines a dictionary of key legal terms with an index of leading United States Supreme Court cases indexed by type of case, such as death penalty, right to counsel, and searches and seizures. The new edition of this resource for students, practitioners, and others who need access to criminal justice information contains 125 new U.S. Supreme Court cases, as well as over 5000 terms, concepts, and names. Includes index.

The Northeastern Reporter

The Northeastern Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 960
Release: 1920
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio.