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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Página vii
... FACTS : The monarch , who believed in the " Divine Right of Kings , " was tried by members of the House of Commons . RESULT : The end of unchallenged absolute rule in England . 2. James Wilson : An Unknown American Founder xiii XV xvii ...
... FACTS : The monarch , who believed in the " Divine Right of Kings , " was tried by members of the House of Commons . RESULT : The end of unchallenged absolute rule in England . 2. James Wilson : An Unknown American Founder xiii XV xvii ...
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... FACTS : Supreme Court Justice John Marshall's own mistake led to the case of Marbury v . Madison . RESULT : The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established . President Thomas Jefferson disliked Marshall . II Dividing a ...
... FACTS : Supreme Court Justice John Marshall's own mistake led to the case of Marbury v . Madison . RESULT : The Supreme Court's power of judicial review was established . President Thomas Jefferson disliked Marshall . II Dividing a ...
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... FACTS : Levi Weeks was defended by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr for the murder of a young woman by drowning her ... FACTS : Wild Bill Hickok was murdered by Jack McCall . RESULT : McCall was tried by a jury and 11. Justice Stephen ...
... FACTS : Levi Weeks was defended by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr for the murder of a young woman by drowning her ... FACTS : Wild Bill Hickok was murdered by Jack McCall . RESULT : McCall was tried by a jury and 11. Justice Stephen ...
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... FACTS : Hitler's beliefs became law under German 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 ...
... FACTS : Hitler's beliefs became law under German 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 ...
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... FACTS : Hundreds of sailors perished after the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine because the Navy did not know the ship was missing . Captain Charles McVay III was court - martialed for not giving an order for the ship ...
... FACTS : Hundreds of sailors perished after the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine because the Navy did not know the ship was missing . Captain Charles McVay III was court - martialed for not giving an order for the ship ...
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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Términos y frases comunes
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