Law & Courts


Debating the Death Penalty

Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Case
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Paperback Feb 2005 ISBN13: 9780195179804ISBN10: 0195179803 An illuminating, even-handed look at one of the most troubling issues confronting our society


Just Marriage

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Paperback Aug 2004 ISBN13: 9780195176261ISBN10: 019517626X Debates the public importance of private unions.


Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy

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Hardback Mar 2008 ISBN13: 9780195329414ISBN10: 0195329414 A comprehensive analysis of American public opinion on the key constitutional controversies of recent times.


Public Opinion and Constitutional Controversy

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Paperback Mar 2008 ISBN13: 9780195329421ISBN10: 0195329422 A comprehensive analysis of American public opinion on the key constitutional controversies of recent times.


Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making

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Hardback Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195372144ISBN10: 019537214X Provides the most comprehensive examination ever undertaken of the influence of U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs


Hard Judicial Choices

Federal District Court Judges and State and Local Officials
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Paperback Mar 1988 ISBN13: 9780195041927ISBN10: 0195041925


A Well-Regulated Militia

The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
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Paperback Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195341034ISBN10: 0195341031 The first comprehensive history of the Gun Control debate, explaining how we arrived at our current impasse


Measuring Judicial Activism

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Hardback Mar 2009 ISBN13: 9780195370850ISBN10: 0195370856 Focuses on two aspects of judicial behavior: the use of judicial power to increase the power of the judicial branch in relation to other political actors; and the use of judicial power to further the presumed personal policy preferences of Supreme Court justices.


The Fourth Amendment

Origins and Original Meaning 602 - 1791
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Hardback Nov 2008 ISBN13: 9780195367195ISBN10: 0195367197 The only comprehensive account ever written on the origins of the Fourth Amendment


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