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A Common Purpose: The Story of the Upington 25
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by Continuum International Publishing Group
Hardcover (October, 2002)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A "criminal" case that will make your blood boil: Over a decade has passed since the end of apartheid in South Africa, yet it seems longer ago that such a nightmare actually existed in the modern world.
A Trial by Jury
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by Vintage
Paperback (15 October, 2002)
(41 reviews) 3.02 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: "Have You Reached A Verdict, Mr. Foreman?": Kudos to this insightful portrait of the trial by jury. Very few books have revealed the inner workings of a jury's deliberations with such clarity and detail.

Actual Innocence : Five Days to Execution, and Other Dispatches From the Wrongly
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by Doubleday
Hardcover (15 February, 2000)
(34 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: The Innocence Project is a pro bono civil rights organization that helps innocent people who have been unjustly imprisoned win their freedom through DNA testing. Run by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld (known for their roles in the O.J
An End to Torture: Strategies for Its Eradication
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by St. Martin's Press
Paperback (01 March, 1999)

Anarchy and Elegance: Confessions of a Journalist at Yale Law School
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by Backinprint.com
Paperback (01 January, 2003)
(3 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Funny and insightful: As a current 1L at YLS, I can vouch for the accuracy of Goodrich's account - even down to Guido's "Evil Deity" speech,
Blue vs. Black
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by St. Martin's Press
Hardcover (13 September, 1999)
(16 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: The horrific images of the Rodney King beating by the LAPD and the torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima by New York cops are the most blatant reminders of police brutality against blacks in the United States.

Capital Punishment - Cruel and Unusual? (The Information Series on Current Topics
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by Information Plus (TX)
Mass Market Paperback (01 March, 1998)
Capital Punishment - Cruel and Unusual? (The Information Series on Current Topics
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by Information Plus (TX)
Mass Market Paperback (01 March, 1998)

Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney
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by Berkeley Hills Books
Paperback (01 January, 2002)
(11 reviews) 4.91 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Must for Legal Professionals and Laypeople Alike!: Civil Warrior delivers an unusual glimpse in regards to tenacity, defense consciousness,
Current Legal Problems 1995: Collected Papers (Vol 48, Part 2)
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 February, 1996)

Deliberate Intent : A Lawyer Tells the True Story of Murder by the Book
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by Three Rivers Press
Paperback (01 August, 2000)
(8 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Entertaining But Flawed: The story (which, of course, was true) is very engaging; however, the book had several flaws that hindered my enjoyment:- There was an excessive amount of typos--all were the kind spell checkers don't catch (e.g
Driving While Black : What To Do If You Are A Victim of Racial Profiling
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by Broadway
Paperback (16 May, 2000)
(6 reviews) 3.83 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: It happens every day: at a seemingly routine traffic stop, a cop approaches your car with his gun drawn. You're checking out some clothes in your favorite store and notice you're being followed by security.

Executing Justice: An Inside Account of the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
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by St. Martin's Press
Paperback (01 May, 2002)
(8 reviews) 4.12 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Not what it says, Not objective AT ALL: Despite Mr. Williams' constant claims that he provides an objective, un-biased account of this case,
Fall Guys: False Confessions and the Politics of Murder
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by Southern Illinois University Press
Paperback (01 November, 1996)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: fall guys: Mr Fisher, You don't know me but I am the daughter of Harry & Maureen Zubryd. My father and i talked back in 1979 about this case and he showed me charlie at my aunts funeral.

Fighting Terror: Keeping the World Safe
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by Spi Books Trade
Paperback (01 March, 2003)
Fixing Broken Windows : Restoring Order And Reducing Crime In Our Communities
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by Free Press
Paperback (20 January, 1998)
(4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Individual Rights and the Power in Communities: Disorderly behavior damages communities, so goes the central theme of Kelling &

Freedom to Die: People, Poltics, and the Right-To-Die Movement
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by St. Martin's Press
Paperback (01 April, 2000)
(3 reviews) 3.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Right To Die: Great book. Our society makes it a "sin" to help terminally ill people end their lives without further pain. Thats the sin!
Gloria Trevi: El Misterio Revelado
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by Random House Espanol
Paperback (29 July, 2003)
(1 reviews) 1 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This book sucked!: The author says that she reveals Gloria Trevi's unknown life. She fails to do this. I expected to read somewhat of a biography on Gloria Trevi's life.

Gun Rights Affirmed: The Emerson Case
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by Merril Press
Paperback (01 August, 2001)
Gun Rights Affirmed: The Emerson Case
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by Merril Press
Paperback (01 August, 2001)

Hard Green: Saving the Environment from the Environmentalists A Conservative Manifest
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by Basic Books
Paperback (14 November, 2000)
(46 reviews) 2.78 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: I think Algore needs to take a look at this.: Al Gore wrote a book called "Earth in the Balance", where he talked about so many environmental issues.
In America's Court: How a Civil Lawyer Who Likes to Settle Stumbled into a Criminal
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by New Press
Hardcover (01 July, 2002)
(7 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Avoid This Book!: The author is a weak, whiny fellow who spends the duration of this slender volume wallowing in self-pity at his wasted life.

Intellectual Property (Reference Shelf)
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by H. W. Wilson
Paperback (01 October, 2003)
Irreparable Harm: A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic
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by University Press of Kansas
Paperback (20 April, 2001)
(7 reviews) 3.71 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Absorbing Description of Life After the CIA!: One of the aspects of organizational whistle-blowing that makes it such a hazardous choice for the individual wanting to tell the explosive truth he has to share with us is the fact that too often he or she must pay a terrible personal price for the singular act of selflessness the whistleblowing represents.

Issues '98: The Candidate's Briefing Book
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by Heritage Foundation
Paperback (01 May, 1998)
Issues 2000: The Candidate's Briefing Book
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by Heritage Foundation
Paperback (15 February, 2000)

Issues for Debate in American Public Policy: Selections from the Cq Researcher (Issues
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by Congressional Quarterly Books
Paperback (01 November, 2000)
Judicial Process in America
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by Congressional Quarterly Books
Paperback (01 February, 1998)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A easy and well written guide to American Legal System: This book is a comprehensive guide to professional who have an interest about the American Legal and Judicial System.

Jurismania: The Madness of American Law (Studies of the German Historical Institute,
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback (01 April, 1999)
(14 reviews) 4.14 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: legalize everything!: Smart and very interesting work by Campos. The questions posed by the book are not exactly related to the law.
Just Revenge
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by Audio Renaissance
Audio Cassette (01 September, 1999)
(63 reviews) 3.17 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Is revenge ever justified, legally and/or morally?: Alan Dershowitz, the famous attorney and law professor, attempts in his novel,

Justice Talking: Censoring the Web: Leading Advocates Debate Today's Most Controversial
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by New Press
Paperback (January, 2002)
Justice Talking: School Vouchers: Leading Advocates Debate Today's Most Controversial
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by New Press
Paperback (January, 2002)

Killing As Punishment: Reflections on the Death Penalty in America
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by Northeastern University Press
Hardcover (01 March, 2004)
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 May, 2000)
(10 reviews) 4.9 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Thanks to TV cop shows, most Americans can probably recite the Miranda warnings, but do they know when the warnings do--and do not--apply? Tort reformers cite the $2.7 million in punitive damages a jury awarded a little old lady in Albuquerque when the cup of coffee she had set between her legs spilled and scalded her.

Law and Disorder in Cyberspace: Abolish the Fcc and Let Common Law Rule the Telecos
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by Oxford University Press
Hardcover (01 September, 1997)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Has the Federal Communications Commission's capability to coordinate and manage technology kept up with the astonishing universe of computers and communications links that have sprouted in our midst? Peter Huber,
Law and History: The Evolution of the American Legal System
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by New Press
Paperback (01 May, 1999)

Law in the Republic of Ireland: An Introduction
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by Wolfhound Press (IE)
Paperback (01 October, 1998)
Lawyers: On the Spot (Investigations)
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by Frog Ltd
Paperback (01 December, 1998)

Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future
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by New Press
Hardcover (October, 2001)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A guidebook for future generations: Anybody with any viewpoint whatsoever on the subject of the death penalty will want, and need,
Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs
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by Verso
Paperback (August, 2002)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Truly Awesome and Important Analysis: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BOOK. Here's a splendid, novel, thoughtful view of prohibition that not only teaches readers a ton about the drug war but also educates them about how to think.

Locke, Jefferson and the Justices: Foundations and Failures of the Us Government
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by Algora Publishing
Paperback (01 February, 2002)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good Read but Flawed Conclusions: George Stephens' book is a very interesting and informative read, and I enjoyed it quite a bit,
May It Please the Court: Courts, Kids, and the Constitution: Live Recordings and
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by New Press
Hardcover (01 September, 2000)

Never Too Late : A Prosecutor's Story of Justice in the Medgar Evars Case
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by Scribner
Hardcover (07 January, 2001)
(5 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Bible For Young Lawyers Like Me: As a new lawyer, this book really helped me realize so many things as to what a lawyer should do before,
No Contest : Corporate Lawyers and the Perversion of Justice in America
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by Random House
Paperback (22 December, 1998)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Essential for lawyers or anyone interested in justice: This is one of my favorite books I've read in recent years. It opens your eyes to the horrible tactics used by corporate lawyers to deny victims their full day in court.

No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System
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by New Press
Paperback (01 February, 2000)
(4 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Make time for this book.: This is a book that needs to be read both by those who are interested in the relations between races in this country and those who think they are not.
No Island of Sanity : Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton: The Supreme Court on Trial (Library
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback (17 February, 1998)
(19 reviews) 2.89 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Vincent Bugliosi, the former L.A. County prosecutor who chronicled hissuccessful efforts to put Charles Manson away in Helter Skelter, isn't afraid to let people know what he thinks. Others might be content to label a Supreme Court decision "incomprehensible and terribly flawed,"

NYPD: A City and Its Police
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by Owl Books
Paperback (August, 2001)
(12 reviews) 3.42 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A GREAT READ: NYPD is great storytelling and a great read of the history of thehow the NYPD evolved from 1830 to the present. While the book does spend more time recounting scandals and villains than heroes,t
Ownership of Rights in Audiovisual Productions: A Comparative Study
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by Brill Academic Publishers
Hardcover (01 June, 1997)

Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: The Egyptian Experience
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by Scribner
Hardcover (01 October, 2002)
(6 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A great focused look by an on-the-scene observer: Passion For Islam is a great book for anyone interested in learning something about the rise of various Islamic movements in Egypt over the years.
Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse, and Heroism by the Boys in Blue
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by Prometheus Books
Hardcover (01 April, 2001)
(4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Police Unbound: Corruption,Abuse and Heroism by the Boys in: Anthony Bouza, the former Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department,

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