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Gale Researcher Guide for: Overview of US Court System and Structure is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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America is a nation founded on justice and the rule of law. But our laws are too complex, and legal advice too expensive, for poor and even middle-class Americans to get help and vindicate their rights. Criminal defendants facing jail time may receive an appointed lawyer who is juggling hundreds of cases and immediately urges them to plead guilty. Civil litigants are even worse off; usually, they get no help at all navigating the maze of technical...
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In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal American thought keeps the Constitution in the service of white male supremacy.
Constitutional fundamentalists read the Constitution selectively and self-servingly. Fundamentalist interpretations of...
64) Raybearer
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Raybearer volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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Named one of the best books of the year by People Magazine, Buzzfeed, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and more!
"Dazzling... All hail Raybearer." —Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most exceptional YA fantasies of all time." —Buzzfeed
"Brilliantly...
"Dazzling... All hail Raybearer." —Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most exceptional YA fantasies of all time." —Buzzfeed
"Brilliantly...
65) The false prince
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
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In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
67) The empress
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Diabolic trilogy volume 2
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Simon & Schuster BFYR
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
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Nemesis, the Diabolic, and Tyrus face new challenges and old enemies as Tyrus ascends to the throne, and the two struggle to prove Nemesis' humanity to those who oppose her position as Empress and keep them from full power over the galaxy. Provided by publisher.
68) Going to Court
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Anita is hurt by a man, and reports it to the police. When the case goes to court, Anita has to give evidence. She gets ready to be a witness by reading this book and visiting the court first. When the day comes Anita is nervous, but she tells the truth and gives evidence well. This book shows what happens when a woman is a witness at a Crown Court. It explains who she meets there and how the court works. Lots of stories will fit this book. The pictures...
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Mr.Beat Connects the Supreme Court History Right to You!
#1 Best Seller in Courts & Law
Mr. Beat's The Power of Our Supreme Court is the Supreme Court book of decisions that affect the everyday lives of Americans everywhere.
The real democracy of America unveiled. What does the Supreme Court do? Sure, people care when the court makes a big ruling, but most don't pay attention to the court's day-to-day decisions. In this highly relevant law book,...
70) Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution's Promise of Limited Government
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The Constitution was designed to limit government power and protect individuals from the tyranny of majorities and interest-group politics. But those protections are meaningless without judges who are fully committed to enforcing them, and America's judges have largely abdicated that responsibility. All too often, instead of judging the constitutionality of government action, courts simply rationalize it, as the Supreme Court did in upholding the...
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On se souvient de cette sale affaire qui a secoué la France au tournant des années 2000. Des adultes, en nombre, accusés d'inceste et de pédophilie dans une petite cité, quelque part dans une petite ville.
On se souvient de la juste indignation qui avait soulevé les médias dans leur ensemble, écho de la réprobation de chacun d'entre nous.
On se souvient que le monde judiciaire avait tenu à accompagner cette réprobation et qu'il s'était...
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China after Mao has undergone vast transformations, including massive rural-to-urban migration, rising divorce rates, and the steady expansion of the country's legal system. Today, divorce may appear a private concern, when in fact it is a profoundly political matter-especially in a national context where marriage was and has continued to be a key vehicle for nation-state building. Marriage Unbound focuses on the politics of divorce cases in contemporary...
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Written by an experienced trial lawyer, this book will help you understand the art of cross-examination. Not only will it prepare you for the courtroom, but it will also help you become a successful lawyer.
One of the most well-known courtroom situations, the cross-examination is the formal interrogation of a witness called by the other party in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given. It is the prosecutor or defense attorney's...
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Christopher L. Eisgruber is president of Princeton University. He is the coauthor of Religious Freedom and the Constitution and the author of Constitutional Self-Government. He is a former New York University law professor and a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham.
The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives....
75) Interdependency: How to Reform the Criminal Justice System. A View From a Criminal Defense Attorney
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The United States criminal justice system is flawed. From policing, to bail, sentencing, prison reform and parole, the system has systemically provided few opportunities at true rehabilitation for first time drug offenders, individuals coming from low-income communities and people of color. As a criminal defense attorney for over thirty years, Maria D. Ciccone-Fiorentino has witnessed her share of injustice. Her poignant and candid views regarding...
76) The runaway king
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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Young King Jaron has taken the throne of Carthya, but after enemies attempt to assassinate him, and a neighboring kingdom threatens invasion, he finds that he has no friends in the palace, not even his bride-to-be, princess Amarinda--and his regents think it would be better for Carthya if he just disappeared again.
77) The poet king
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Harp and ring sequence volume 3
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Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
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"After a surprising upheaval, the nation of Tamryllin has a new ruler: Elissan Diar, who proclaims himself the first Poet King. Not all in court is happy with this regime change, as Rianna secretly schemes against him while she investigates a mysterious weapon he hides in the bowels of the palace. Meanwhile, a civil war rages in a distant land, and former Court Poet Lin Amaristoth gathers allies old and new to return to Tamryllin in time to stop the...
78) Deepwater king
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Deepwater trilogy volume 2
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"Since losing her great love to the Queen of the Sainted Isles, Arden must fulfil an impossible promise before she can return home – she must complete the dangerous Rite that will return Jonah’s spirit to the abyssal Court of the Deepwater King. This sets her off on a journey far out at sea to find believers of the old religion on the oil-slick and mysterious islands beyond the horizon. But such a responsibility will not come without sacrifice,...
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To effect just outcomes the justice system requires that law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges be committed-above all-to doing justice. Those whose allegiance is to winning, regardless of evidence, do the opposite of justice: they corrupt the system. This is the jaw-dropping story of one such corruption and its surprise ending. On Labor Day 2007, a forest fire broke out in California's eastern Sierra Nevada and eventually burned about...
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The idea that wealthy people use their money to influence things, including politics, law, and media will surprise very few people. However, as Michael S. Kang and Joanna Shepherd argue in this readable and rich study of the state judiciary, the effect of money on judicial outcomes should disturb and anger everyone. In the current system that elects state judges, the rich and powerful can spend money to elect and re-elect judges who decide cases the...
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