Family Law in the United States

Patricia McGee Crotty

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 7
• The battle for gender equality will be won or lost in the family. Family Law in the United States analyzes recent changes in state family law codes fr... Lees meer

The Opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia

Paul I Weizer

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 13
• Judicial opinions written by justices of the United States Supreme Court are readily available, yet few Americans will ever examine the full substance... Lees meer

Injustice for All

Priscilla H Machado Zotti

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 39
• With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequences that... Lees meer

Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation

Gordon Albert Babst

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 15
• Liberal Constitutionalism, Marriage, and Sexual Orientation: A Contemporary Case for Dis-Establishment uses constitutional theory and political philos... Lees meer

The Constitution and the Nation

Christopher Waldrep, Lynne Curry

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 25
• In 1937 the Supreme Court revolutionized American constitutionalism, sharply restricting the states' powers and expanding those of the national govern... Lees meer

Institutions & Public Law

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 40
• Institutions & Public Law: Comparative Approaches is a set of essays on the politics of law and courts by leading public law scholars in the United St... Lees meer

The Essential Concept of Law

James T McHugh

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 33
• The Essential Concept of Law provides an overview of law from both a theoretical and practical perspective. It begins with the most fundamental catego... Lees meer

Philosophical Perspectives on Law and Politics

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 8
• Philosophical Perspectives on Law and Politics collects together some of the most significant writings by leading classical, modern, and contemporary ... Lees meer

«The Supremes»

Barbara A Perry

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 6
• This second edition of « The Supremes » introduces readers to the Supreme Court's newest members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito,... Lees meer

Leaders of the Pack

William D. Pederson, Norman W. Provizer

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 35
• Greatness and leadership are two ideas that often intersect, especially in the imagery of leading the pack of more than one hundred Supreme Court just... Lees meer

In Pursuit of a Dream Deferred

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 5
• More than forty years after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education , segregation persists in our schools. In Pursuit of ... Lees meer

The Supreme Court

Robert W Langran

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 32
• This essential historical overview begins by noting that the Supreme Court is «arguably the least known and understood of the three branches of govern... Lees meer

Judicial Politics in Texas

Kyle Cheek, Anthony Champagne

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 36
• In recent years, judicial elections have changed dramatically. The elections themselves have become increasingly partisan, interest group involvement ... Lees meer

The Real Clarence Thomas

Christopher E Smith, Joyce A Baugh

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 11
• Justice Clarence Thomas is a controversial figure on the U.S. Supreme Court because of sexual harassment allegations raised against him during his 199... Lees meer

United States Supreme Court Judicial Data Base, Phase II

James L Gibson

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 4
• For nearly a decade, a team of researchers was busily at work preparing a data base on the decisions of the United States Supreme Court. This book doc... Lees meer

The Antiquated Right

Andrew Carlson

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 18
• Over two hundred years ago, the United States enacted a constitutional amendment ensuring the ability of states to form militias. Although the militia... Lees meer

Judicial Politics in Texas

Kyle Cheek, Anthony Champagne

• Hardcover | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 36
• In recent years, judicial elections have changed dramatically. The elections themselves have become increasingly partisan, interest group involvement ... Lees meer

Nowhere to Hide

Michael J Kelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 41
• This work tracks two dynamics: the evolution of genocide into an international crime and the erosion of sovereign immunity as a defense to prosecution... Lees meer

Sexual Harassment

Paul I Weizer

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 12
• It is not always clear what actually constitutes «sexual harassment» or how it differs from other types of discrimination based on gender. Often, what... Lees meer

The Constitution and the Nation

Christopher Waldrep, Lynne Curry

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 24
• The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for emp... Lees meer

Drawing Lines in Quicksand

Jeremy Buchman

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 34
• Drawing Lines in Quicksand examines judicial performance in voting rights and redistricting through the lens of institutional policy-making capacity. ... Lees meer

Administrative Ethics in the Twenty-First Century

J Michael Martinez, William D Richardson

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 28
• After years of languishing in the long shadow of «values», its 1960s-era substitute, public discussion and debate about virtues, vices, character, and... Lees meer

Supreme Court Justices in the Post-Bork Era

Joyce A Baugh

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 21
• The failed nomination of federal appeals court judge Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court led to conclusions that the confirmation process for Suprem... Lees meer

The Price of Rights

Daniel C Kramer

• Paperback | Engels | Teaching Texts in Law and Politics | nr. 30
• To paraphrase the Book of Job, 'the state giveth and the state taketh away'. American government gives its citizens benefits such as Social Security, ... Lees meer