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A terrific evaluation of regulations that affect the value of your investments more than you know
You can tell from the use of the debacle in the title that the authors evaluate the business effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations negatively.Their arguments are interesting and convincing.One of the great things about our system of government is that we can revisit excesses of the past and fix them over time.Butler and Ribstein take us through the climate that led to the enactment of this set of regulation and that was an over reaction to some large business failures.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Auditing    3. Corporate    4. Corporate Governance    5. Corporations    6. Financial disclosure    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal History    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. United States    12. Social Science / General   

Subjects:  1. 1806 or 7-1857    2. Constitutional    3. Constitutional history    4. History    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal History    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Sanford, John F. A.,    10. Slavery    11. Sources    12. Trials, litigation, etc    13. United States    14. United States - 19th Century    15. Constitutional & administrative law    16. Slavery & emancipation    17. Social history    18. USA    19. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History - U.S.    6. Law    7. Legal History    8. Massachusetts    9. Salem    10. Salem (Mass.)    11. Trials (Witchcraft)    12. United States - Colonial Period    13. United States - State & Local - General    14. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    15. Satanism & demonology    16. Social history    17. USA    18. Witchcraft    19. c 1600 to c 1700   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    3. Gender & the Law    4. Indians of North America    5. Law    6. Legal History    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Rosebud Sioux Tribe    11. South Dakota    12. Teton Indians    13. United States - 20th Century    14. American studies    15. Indigenous peoples    16. North America   

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Dred Scott Returns
Many people reading this book will be law students, but even for those who aren't, Kermit Hall's collection is a terrific resource for readers of history and politics. In a real sense, if you're looking for a "road map" to see how America got to where it is, the "legal" history in many respects trumps military, political and economic histories. Here you'll find ll the usual suspects - Magna Charta, the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Colonial Charters, the American Revolution, Dred Scott, Griswald, Miranda, Roe v. Wade. Expect the next edition to carry Bush v. Gore.

greatest hits of the law
This is a terrific book.I use it for teaching Law & Public Policy to political science masters students.The authors have done a great job winnowing the dusty tomes of legal history to the essential nuggets.In addition to the classics, they've selected some hilarious "voice of the people" sources one might never come across in standard legal history texts.I really enjoy this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. History    3. Law    4. Legal History    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal System    7. United States    8. History, American    9. Jurisprudence & General Issues    10. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    11. USA   

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The Deeper Question
I studied this book in law school. I think the central question of this book is a little deeper than the way the previous reviewer phrased it. The book explores the conflict that occurs when a judgeperceives that the law applying to a case before him is not a just one and will result in injustice if applied in the current case. Does the judge simply apply the law, or find some way around it to allow for a just result? This is an interesting question today, given the debate between "strict construction" of the Constitution and Holmes' popular notion that the Constitution is a "living document" whose interpretation must evolve with the times. The chief example used in this book is the infamous Dred Scott decision, in which a slave who had lived for many years on free soil, sued for his freedom, but was turned down by the Supreme Court on Constitutional grounds -- although presumably the judges knew that this was not a just result.

One of my favorite book
Justice Accused addresses why antebellum judges who opposed slavery nonetheless felt powerless to do any thing but enforce it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History: American    3. Judicial process    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal History    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal System    8. Natural law    9. Slavery    10. U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism    11. United States    12. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    13. Law / Legal History    14. Private, property, family law    15. USA   

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Hiss's Betrayal, espionage, and fight for vindication
With the release of declassified materials in Russia and the United States, there is no doubt that Alger Hiss was indeed a Soviet spy.However, Mr. White goes beyond the evident conclusion of Hiss's guilt and explores the convict's tireless campaign for vindication.Since others have posted review links at this site, I would reccomend that readers consult Dr. Stanley Kutler's review at: http://www.hnn.us/blogs/entries/7050.html
Alger Hiss is laughing last, again!
Historian Jeff Kisseloff has written an excellent debunking of G. Edward White's poorly researched and argued book on Alger Hiss. It can be found at this link: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~th15/wars.html. To summarize:
A Very Timely Book
Everyone should read the devastating Alger Hiss's Looking Glass Wars and ponder its implications.White does not waste our time speculating about Hiss's guilt or innocence; Hiss, it is now as firmly established as it seems possible to establish, was guilty.Instead, White concentrates our attention on the implications of Alger Hiss and his saga that are of profound and timeless importance.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. History    3. History: American    4. Legal History    5. Military    6. Military - Intelligence/Espionage    7. Political    8. United States - 20th Century    9. United States - 20th Century/50s    10. American history: postwar, from c 1945 -    11. Espionage & secret services    12. History / United States / 20th Century    13. History, American | Since 1945    14. USA    15. c 1970 to c 1980   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal History    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Legal Research    5. Reference    6. Research    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. 17th century    2. Antinomianism    3. Congregational churches    4. History    5. History: American    6. Legal History    7. Massachusetts    8. Puritans    9. Religion - Church History    10. Religion - Commentaries / Reference    11. United States - Colonial Period    12. United States - State & Local - New England    13. Women's Studies - General    14. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    15. Biography: historical    16. Protestantism & Protestant Churches    17. USA    18. c 1600 to c 1700   

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A Short History of Constitutional Law.
The best part of this book, in my opinion, was at the end:The Constitution of the U. S.; all ten sections, 7 Articles, 27 Amendments (newest in 1992)The first ten Amendments, in effect since 1791, make up the Bill of Rights.
First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life
Having read the other reviews, I have begun to wonder if we all read the same book!
Not what I thought!
Star's book attempts to provide the reader with an analysis of Supreme Court decisions that have been key in American histrory.Unfortunetly, his attempt simply turns into a one sided view.Generally speaking (in Star's eyes), any liberal decision made by the Supreme Court is an overt action of "Liberal Judges" making law rather than interpreting law.
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Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Courts - General    3. Courts - Supreme Court    4. Courts of last resort    5. History    6. Judicial power    7. Judicial process    8. Law    9. Legal History    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Supreme Court    12. United States    13. Law / Courts   

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Excellent chronology of topics
Let me first confess that I am the named research aide who assisted Professor Johnson on this book.But what I didn't have anything to do with was his useful organization of the caselaw into topical segments.Not only is this book a useful work for the reasons stated by the other reviewer(s), but if someone wants to know the Court's holdings over time in a number of areas, such as the law of nations or separation of powers, this is a useful book.Professor Johnson organizes the book so that a researcher may use it to glean trends on a particular topic rather than presenting a jumble of topics and leaving it up to the reader to discern the development of the law on a given issue. Excellent legal analysis
For those who wish to read a biography of our greatest chief justice, this is not the book to read.For those who are interested in the jurisprudence of C.J. Marshall, this book provides an outstanding introduction.The bookprovides compelling, and accurate, evidence that in addition to JohnMarshall being a great jurist, he was also, and foremost, a founding father-- one of the few who realized the potential for our great nation.Whileit can be successfully argued that at times Marshall expanded the powers ofthe Supreme Court beyond those intended by the authors of the Constitution,the book also provides a compelling argument for the necessity of expandingthose powers. Johnson successfully reasons that, where it not forMarshall's ability to occasionaly read "beyond" the strictguidelines of the Constitution, the role of judicial review (and hence ourconstitutional guarantees) wouldnot exist today. Overall, an excellentstudy into a chief justice whose concerns where not those of partisanship-- but rather those of aiding a fledgling country through its formativeyears. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History: American    4. Legal History    5. Legal System    6. United States - 19th Century    7. United States - Antebellum Era    8. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    9. Central government    10. Constitution: government & the state    11. Courts & procedure    12. USA    13. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law    2. Criminal Law - General    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: World    6. Homicide    7. Jurisprudence    8. Legal History    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Murder    11. United States    12. United States - General    13. World - General    14. American history    15. USA   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Civil Rights    3. Civil rights workers    4. Crimes against    5. History    6. History: American    7. Legal History    8. Mississippi    9. Murder - General    10. Neshoba County    11. Philadelphia    12. Trials (Murder)    13. True Crime / Espionage    14. United States - 20th Century    15. United States - State & Local - South    16. Courts & procedure    17. Criminal law    18. USA    19. c 1960 to c 1970   

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Hypes minor legal thinkers, misrepresents major ones
Alexander's book reads like a standard history of property law turned upside down; it is as if the footnotes and text had been reversed. He glorifies obscure, minor, and in many cases simply bizarre theorists ofAmerican property law. Conventional wisdom holds that the winners write thehistory; in this case Alexander not only writes the losers' version ofhistory but argues that they haven't even lost. To understand the thrust ofthe book, consider that although it contains 386 pages of text and another82 pages of endnotes, it presents no substantive discussion of the takingsclause of the Fifth Amendment, despite (or perhaps because of) thatclause's seemingly unambiguous constitutional affirmation of the"property as commodity" view (Richard A. Epstein, Takings:Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain). John Locke gets only ahandful of passing mentions. By contrast, the views of many obscure andlong-forgotten theorists receive extended discussion.Read more

Subjects:  1. Economics - Theory    2. Law    3. Legal History    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Property    6. Law / Property    7. Property & real estate    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    9. Sociology, Social Studies    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Detention of persons    2. Government - Executive Branch    3. Government - Judicial Branch    4. Government - U.S. Government    5. History    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal History    8. Political Freedom & Security - General    9. Political Science    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Race discrimination    13. United States    14. War and emergency powers    15. Human rights    16. International human rights law    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Crime    2. Criminal Justice Administration    3. Criminal justice, Administrati    4. Criminal justice, Administration of    5. Criminology    6. England    7. Europe - Great Britain - General    8. History    9. History - General History    10. Law    11. Legal History    12. Police    13. Police Science    14. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    15. History / Great Britain    16. History of specific subjects    17. Penology & punishment    18. Police & security services    19. c 1700 to c 1800    20. c 1800 to c 1900    21. c 1900 - c 1914   

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Not Quite a Better Mousetrap
The basis for questioning the accuracy of Joan of Arc's condemnation trial transcript has not been its date of creation, but the myriad ways in which the trial was rigged.Joan of Arc was a famous political prisoner.Her trial was funded by the government she had warred against and numerous court officials worked under compulsion, some even under death threats.Court clerks later testified under oath that portions of the official transcript were altered.This document did not stand the test of time.A quarter century later the verdict was overturned.
A Failed Attempt
Although this book's marketing material states that it is designed to counter the Hollywood version, the book instead ironically tries to justify the standard Hollywood claim that Bishop Cauchon was a sincere fellow operating under lawful procedures - in contradiction to the many historians, as this book itself admits, who have soundly and consistently debunked that idea. This book does not present any credible evidence to back up its claims, selectively quoting (or misquoting) testimony at the appeal while ignoring both the majority of the witness testimony at the latter trial and glossing over or excusing the well-documented illegalities of the original trial.
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Subjects:  1. 1412-1431    2. Europe - France    3. France    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Joan,    8. Legal History    9. Medieval    10. Rouen    11. Trials (Heresy)    12. Trials, litigation, etc    13. of Arc, Saint,    14. European history: c 500 to c 1500    15. History / France    16. c 1000 CE to c 1500   

Subjects:  1. American wit and humor, Pictorial    2. Caricatures and cartoons    3. Constitutional history    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal History    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. United States    9. History of specific subjects    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT THE GERMAN WAR CRIMES
I was very impressed with this book, my Uncle was on Trial in this Book, and was pleased with plenty of New Information that I didnt have, I was also impressed about the details of the Times in the Camps, and about the Officers & NCO's etc. I read also the deeds that some things my Uncle did, I am not ashamed on what happened, as I look at it that it all was part of the war, and with this book, I am shown what happened Good & Bad.
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Subjects:  1. Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am    2. Auschwitz Trial, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1963-1965    3. Europe - Germany    4. History - General History    5. Holocaust    6. Law    7. Legal History    8. Reference    9. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    10. Genocide    11. Germany    12. History / Germany    13. Jurisprudence & General Issues    14. c 1960 to c 1970   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Civil Rights    3. Discrimination in education    4. Education    5. Educational equalization    6. Finance    7. History    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal History    11. Legal Reference / Law Profession    12. United States    13. Funding of education    14. Social law    15. Texas    16. c 1960 to c 1970