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One Man's Castle : Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream 4 reviews
Phyllis Vine, 2004
Vine grows on you, Darrow's story grow hope for everyone
+ A rose by any other name
+ Loved it!
This story motivated more than one judge to begin their study of law in the hope that they too could combat racism and ignorance. While this is the beginning of one of many victories, the problem of race continues and the courts remain a viable means of change. Schools remain segregated, public ...
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Race, Crime, and the Law 7 reviews
Randall Kennedy
Vintage, 1998
A great book!
+ Race, Crime, and the Law
+ A Work that delves deeply into the topic
+ Tells it like it is
+ intelligent discussion on race-law issues BASED ON FACTS
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Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated7 reviews
McSweeney's, 2005
Surviving Justice
+ the tip of the iceberg
+ gripping, heart wrenching first hand accounts of innocent convicts
+ Opened My Eyes!
+ Surviving Justice: America's Wrongfully Convicted and Exonerated
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Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town 18 reviews
Nate Blakeslee
PublicAffairs, 2005
this is a really good book!
+ Great Investigative Reporting
+ Great and thought provoking read.
+ Judicial Review of a small Texas town
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Gideon's Trumpet24 reviews
Anthony Lewis
Vintage, 1989
Nice book on the practice and doctrine of the Supreme Court
+ Peer into the Nine
+ Good Introduction into Law
+ An American classic
+ Gideon is a good read!
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Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives (Voice of Witness)4 reviews
McSweeney's, 2008
Gets to the heart of the issue
+ Ain't No Ellis Island
+ Taking the underground above ground
Orner and his team of interviewers slice through all the political rhetoric and get at what really matters--the people--by letting "illegals" from all walks tell their stories. Reading these narratives, your heart will break and your blood will boil. With immigration sure to be a hot button debate ...
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The NAACP's Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925-1950, With a New Epilogue by the Author
Mark V. Tushnet
The University of North Carolina Press, 2005
The NAACP's fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision. While touching on the general social, political, and economic climate in which the NAACP acted, Mark V. Tushnet emphasizes the internal workings of the organization as revealed in its own documents. He argues that the dedication and political and legal skills of ...
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It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America After September 11 (Nation Books)6 reviews
Nation Books, 2003
Good collection of thoughtful essays...
+ The fear factor
+ Some dare to speak... yeah, team!
+ Liberty, Freedom and Justice for All.......
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The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All6 reviews
Peter Linebaugh
University of California Press, 2008
Brilliant study of the origins of private property
+ Superb
+ Quirky But Clever
+ A truly brilliant statement of a key issue of our times
+ the US citizen needs to know this history
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Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power13 reviews
Joseph Margulies
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Confronting a black hole of injustice
+ eye-opening look at Guantanamo
+ A powerful and important book
+ Extremely well-written, intelligent arguments.
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Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases 5 reviews
Peter Irons
University of California Press, 1993
A Little Known but Important Historical Episode in U.S. History
+ Historical characters come alive....
+ Confident on legal issues, with a great human story.
Peter Irons' book titled JUSTICE AT WAR is an important book regarding the forced internment of Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJAs)during World War II. His book is an important work as Irons shows the "inner workings" of the "Jusitce Department" and the U.S. Supreme Court. Irons investigation ...
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A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our ...24 reviews
Peter Irons
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
A Patriotic Triumph of Historiography
+ A mostly enjoyable read
+ Excellent Progressive History of the Court
+ Interesting read
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A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi ...12 reviews
Elinor Langer
Picador, 2004
A Disturbing Book
+ Author seemed too sympathetic to the skins
+ Compelling and frightening read
This is an interesting and disturbing book that is well worth the reading time. The book is disturbing on many levels, for the story it tells and, at times, for the author's own attitudes.
The initial story is a simple one, albeit the author is sometimes very insightful in her telling of it. ...
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The Story Of My Life5 reviews
Clarence Darrow
Da Capo Press, 1996
written in the comfortable style that is darrow's hallmark
+ thehobophilosopher
+ Fighting the good fight.
+ Pessimist by Profession
+ A Must Read Book for Lawyers-Want-to-Be
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The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era7 reviews
Micheline Ishay
University of California Press, 2008
Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
+ no comment
+ Good overview
Human rights are rights considered to be held by individuals simply because they are part of the human species. They are rights, in essence, shared equally by everyone regardless of sex, race, nationality, or ethnic background. They are universal in content. Despite this fairly straight forward ...
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Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary15 reviews
Juan Williams
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
+ "Reads Like Fiction"
+ Interesting and Infomative Read
+ An Illuminating Read about an Imporant Historical Figure
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Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism17 reviews
Geoffrey R. Stone
W. W. Norton, 2005
Cooler heads did prevail....
+ outstanding resource
+ A Masterful History of First Amendment Freedoms, and their suppression in time of war
+ Speech in Wartime
+ book
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The Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Fighting the Lawless World of Guantanamo Bay7 reviews
Clive Stafford Smith
Nation Books, 2007
as much of the details as are allowed to be known
+ Eight O' Clock Ferry
+ Enraging
+ one day (and more) in the life of binyam mohamed
+ A window into Guantanamo
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Enemy Aliens: Double Standards And Constitutional Freedoms In The War On Terrorism6 reviews
David Cole
New Press, 2005
An Excellent Book
+ A must read
+ A thought-provoking study of civil rights challenged
Professor Cole writes an excellent book, hitting many points that are usually left out. He examines the way Arabs and Muslims are being treated today post-9/11 and parallels it with our nation's past abuses of foreigners, bringing in examples of the Japanese internment during WWII and many others. ...
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Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor3 reviews
Paul Wright
Routledge, 2003
Prison Nation, U.S.A.
+ prison planet
+ Extremely eye opening
The articles that comprise Prison Nation not only offer perspectives on prison life and the legal system, but make for a very in depth primer in American politics. A continuing thread through many of the works is an emotional and fact based analysis of how the U.S. legal system works against the ...
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