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Legal Visions of the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Judge Christopher Weeramantry
By Antony Anghie (Editor), Garry Sturgess (Editor) Legal Visions of the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Judge Christopher Weeramantry Legal Visions of the 21st Century honours Judge Christopher Weeramantry… Read more

Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith
By Trevor W. Coleman, Mitch Albom, Peter Hammer, Melba Joyce Boyd Description Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith The Honorable Damon J. Keith was appointed to the federal… Read more

Creating the Administrative Constitution: The Lost One Hundred Years of American Administrative Law
By Jerry L. Mashaw Creating the Administrative Constitution: The Lost One Hundred Years of American Administrative Law This groundbreaking book is the first to look at administration and administrative law… Read more

Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer
By Kenneth W. Mack Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer Representing the Race tells the story of an enduring paradox of American race relations, through the… Read more

Called to Justice: The Life of a Federal Trial Judge
By Hon. Warren K. Urbom, William Jay Riley Description Called to Justice: The Life of a Federal Trial Judge Early in his judicial career, U.S. District Judge Warren K. Urbom… Read more

Originalism and the Good Constitution
By John O. McGinnis, Michael B. Rappaport Description Originalism and the Good Constitution Originalism holds that the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted according to its meaning at the time it… Read more

Conjugal Union What Marriage Is and Why It Matters
By Patrick Lee, Robert P. George Conjugal Union What Marriage Is and Why It Matters defends the conjugal view of marriage. Patrick Lee and Robert P. George argue that marriage is a… Read more

In the Clutches of the Law: Clarence Darrow’s Letters
By Clarence Darrow , Randall Tietjen Description This volume presents a selection of 500 letters by Clarence Darrow, the pre-eminent courtroom lawyer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Randall Tietjen… Read more

The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism
By Thomas M. Keck is assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Description When conservatives took control of the federal judiciary… Read more