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May It Please the Court. 23 live recordings of landmark cases as argued before the Supreme Court, including the actual voices of the attorneys and justices in oral arguemtn and questioning (book + 6 cassete in box)

Door Peter Irons e.a.

Categorie
Recht & Criminologie
Boeknummer
#245100
Titel
May It Please the Court. 23 live recordings of landmark cases as argued before the Supreme Court, including the actual voices of the attorneys and justices in oral arguemtn and questioning (book + 6 cassete in box)
Auteur
Irons, Peter & Stephanie Guitton (edited by)
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
The New Press
Jaar van uitgave
1993
ISBN10
1565840364
ISBN13
9781565840362
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

Until The New Press first published May It Please the Court in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Court since 1955 had been recorded. The original book-and-tape set was a revelation to readers and reviewers, quickly becoming a bestseller and garnering praise across the nation. May It Please the Court includes both live recordings and transcripts of oral arguments in twenty-three of the most significant cases argued before the Supreme Court in the second half of the twentiethcentury. This edition makes the recordings available on an MP3 audio CD. Through the voices of some of the nation's most important lawyers and justices, including Thurgood Marshall, Archibald Cox, and Earl Warren, it offers a chance to hear firsthand our justice system at work, in the h... (Lees verder)ighest court of the land. Cases included: Gideon v. Wainwright (right to counsel) Abington School District v. Schempp (school prayer) Miranda v. Arizona ( the right to remain silent ) Roe v. Wade (abortion rights) Edwards v. Aguillard (teaching creationism ) Regents v. Bakke (reverse discrimination) Wisconsin v. Yoder (compulsory schooling for the Amish) Tinker v. Des Moines (Vietnam protest in schools) Texas v. Johnson (flag burning) New York Times v. United States (Pentagon Papers) Cox v. Louisiana (civil rights demonstrations) Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board (freedom of association) Terry v. Ohio ( stop and frisk by police) Gregg v. Georgia (capital punishment) Cooper v. Aaron (Little Rock school desegregation) Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (public accommodations) Palmer v. Thompson (swimming pool integration) Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage) San Antonio v. Rodriguez (equal funding for public schools) Bowers v. Hardwick (homosexual rights) Baker v. Carr ( one person, one vote ) United States v. Nixon (Watergate tapes) DeShaney v. Winnebago County (child abuse)
Pagina's
375
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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