Lawyers & Judges

In this unauthorized biography, the most authoritative ever written about the controversial Supreme Court Justice, Andrew Peyton Thomas (no relation) explores Clarence Thomas' remarkable rise from a childhood of poverty in segregated Georgia to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722510015Author James L. FerraroFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint G&D MediaPublisher G&D Media

This unique volume contains new research by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession begun two years ago on grit and growth mindset, two traits that have been shown to impact the success of women lawyers. The author of this book conducted the...

Join a high-powered lawyer on his fight for life against brain cancer and his continuing efforts to remainForever Optimistic. At age fifty-five, Robert S. Brams, a former college athlete, was in perfect health. Bob was blessed with a beautiful family,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873518062Author Lori SturdevantFormat PaperbackPage Count 253Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

In Pursuit of Right and Justice chronicles the life of the United States District Court's Judge Edward Weinfeld, from his humble Lower East Side origins to his distinction as one of the nation's most respected federal judges. Judge Edward Weinfeld's...

On April 7, 1988, Albie Sachs, an activist South African lawyer and a leading member of the ANC, was car-bombed in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, by agents of South Africa's security forces. His right arm was blown off, and he lost sight in one eye...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552216903Author Norm DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Irwin LawPublisher Irwin LawWeight(grams) 345g

From "the Kid" on the Varsity Blues football team to "the Chief" at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the...

John E. Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age is the captivating biography about the life and times of a man who was a major figure in the history of New York at the turn of the 20th century. An attorney, philanthropist, and reformer, Parsons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510758780Author Robert AbramsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

The inspirational biography of Juan F. Vasquez, the first Hispanic American appointed to the United States Tax Court. The book depicts his journey surmounting numerous challenges such as poverty, manual labor, and discrimination. It explores his pursuit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883784006Author James D MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Third World PressPublisher Third World PressWeight(grams) 522g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442657632Author Barry CahillFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 454g

The definitive biography of one of history's greatest Supreme Court justices. How did a conservative Republican end up creating the most liberal Supreme Court in modern history? This new biography of Earl Warren Sr., based on primary sources and...

In this frank and moving memoir, the author recalls growing up in a poor and alcohol-ridden neighborhood of a small city before and during World War II. Following his experiences after the war, the narrative relates the shattering of his mother's dreams...

Three times the Democratic Party's nominee for president (1896, 1900, and 1908) and secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan voiced the concerns of many Americans left out of the post-Civil War economic growth. In A Righteous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588381583Author MR Frank SikoraFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint NewSouth BooksPublisher NewSouth BooksWeight(grams) 594g

Madame Justice Bertha Wilson, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, is an enormously influential and controversial figure in Canadian legal and political history. This engaging, authorized, intellectual biography draws on interviews...

It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy, and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women's movement was a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was...

Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035805662Author Gillian HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

For over ten years he was first detective on the scene when a murder was committed in south London. In the confusion and horror of the crime scene he identified the forensic clues that would later be needed to convict the killer in the calm and measured...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307719287Author Alan M. DershowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805086850Author Jeffrey RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Holt PaperbackPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984897831Author Jane Sherron de HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446562072Author David R DowFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint TwelvePublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374532444Author Joan BiskupicFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

Should horses in Charleston be required to wear diapers? Does the hotchpot rule apply when dividing a testator's 17 residuary elephants? Which verse in the Old Testament was the life-saving 'neck' verse? May sexual intercourse be conducted on a without...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640123007Author M Margaret McKeownFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Potomac BooksPublisher Potomac BooksWeight(grams) 159g

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a "more perfect Union." In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671792114Author Evan A. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 580Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 841gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931564Author Elizabeth EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062238474Author Linda HirshmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780912777672Author Browne JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Zephyr PressPublisher Zephyr Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666756241Author Keith WardFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809034796Author Andrew E KerstenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

As one of only nine women in a class of 500 at Harvard Law School when she enrolled in 1956 and one of only four female Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is frequently viewed as a feminist trailblazer and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759555150Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767916547Author Edward HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...