Law Makers, Law Breakers, and Uncommon TrialsAmerican Bar Association, 2007 - 422 páginas 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. |
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... Constitution . Wilson used his knowledge of legal philosophy and English parliamentary history . RESULT : A great foundation for America , but an unhappy ending for Wilson . 3. The 1798 Sedition Act : President's Party Prosecutes Press ...
... Constitution . Wilson used his knowledge of legal philosophy and English parliamentary history . RESULT : A great foundation for America , but an unhappy ending for Wilson . 3. The 1798 Sedition Act : President's Party Prosecutes Press ...
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... constitutional lawyer Hans Frank . RESULT : The Nazi atrocities of World War II and the death sentence for Frank at the Nuremberg war crimes trials . 16. The Ardeatine Caves FACTS : SS Lt. Colonel Herbert Kappler was ordered to kill 320 ...
... constitutional lawyer Hans Frank . RESULT : The Nazi atrocities of World War II and the death sentence for Frank at the Nuremberg war crimes trials . 16. The Ardeatine Caves FACTS : SS Lt. Colonel Herbert Kappler was ordered to kill 320 ...
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... Constitution to Rosa Parks's protest against discrimination , our history is replete with stories of our long search for justice under law . Against this setting , law breakers also flourish . Murder seldom can be prevented . War re ...
... Constitution to Rosa Parks's protest against discrimination , our history is replete with stories of our long search for justice under law . Against this setting , law breakers also flourish . Murder seldom can be prevented . War re ...
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... Constitution endure . Some actions of the found- ers were less worthy . In a masterstroke , Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall made a solid contribution , establishing the power of judicial review . 1 The King Who Lost His Head ...
... Constitution endure . Some actions of the found- ers were less worthy . In a masterstroke , Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall made a solid contribution , establishing the power of judicial review . 1 The King Who Lost His Head ...
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Contenido
The King Who Lost His Head The Trial of Charles I | 3 |
James Wilson An Unknown American Founder | 15 |
The 1798 Sedition Act Presidents Party Prosecutes Press | 31 |
Signed Sealed but Not Delivered Marbury v Madison | 43 |
Dividing a Nation | 53 |
Justice Benjamin Curtis and Dred Scott | 55 |
The Long Strange Case of Dr Samuel Mudd The Lincoln Assassination | 73 |
The Unusual Judah P Benjamin | 89 |
Fighting Nazi Injustice | 215 |
Hans Frank Hitlers Lawyer | 217 |
The Ardeatine Caves | 237 |
Massacre at OradoursurGlane | 247 |
Exodus The Trial | 261 |
Zigzag The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis | 275 |
The Prejudice Trials | 293 |
Schumann v Wieck The Battle for Clara | 295 |
Passion and Murder in America | 101 |
The Life and Death of George Wythe I Am Murdered | 103 |
The Trial of Levi Weeks Hamilton and Burr for the Defense | 115 |
Wild Bill Hickok The Two Trials of Jack McCall | 133 |
Justice Stephen Field Justice David Terry and Sarah Althea Hill | 147 |
Mountain Meadows Massacre | 161 |
Defending Irish Rebels | 173 |
A Punctuation Mark Rex v Casement | 175 |
The Spelling Game Russells CrossExamination of Pigott | 201 |
Whistler v Ruskin A Question of Art | 303 |
Sir Edward Carson CrossExamines Oscar Wilde | 319 |
United States of America against One Book Entitled Ulysses by James Joyce | 337 |
Pride and Prejudice The Dark Side of Henry Ford | 351 |
Rosa Parks An American Icon | 367 |
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