A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.

A history of the landmark case of James Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.

道格拉斯·史密斯 J. Douglas Smith，美国著名历史学家。著有《白人至上的管理: 维吉尼亚黑人的种族、政治和公民身份》，并获得2003年非虚构类维吉尼亚图书馆奖。 译者 胡晓进，中国政法大学副教授，南京大学历史学博士。 长于美国史研究。著有 《自由的天性:十九世纪美国的律师与法学院》；译著包括《风暴眼: 美国政治中的最高法院》《反对有理:美国最高法院历史上的著名异议》《最民主的部门: 美国最高法院的贡献》等。 李丹。扬州大学讲师，南京大学-德克萨斯大学(奥斯汀)联合培养博士(2012年)，复旦大学博士后。参与撰写《最有权势的法院:美国最高法院研究》；译著包括《自由的斗士》《林肯守则》(第二译者)等。

The inside story of the Supreme Court decisions that brought true democracy to the United States As chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Earl Warren is most often remembered for landmark rulings in favor of desegregation and the rights of the accused. But Warren himself identified a lesser known group of cases-Baker v. Carr, Reynolds v. Sims, and their companions-as his mos...(展开全部)

In this remarkable book, a national bestseller in hardcover, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, ideas, and landmark cases, O’Connor sheds new light on the basics, explor...(展开全部)

In this remarkable book, a national bestseller in hardcover, Sandra Day O’Connor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of American law through history, people, ideas, and landmark cases, O’Connor sheds new light on the basics, explor...(展开全部)

Abortion, affirmative action, the "right to die", pornography and free speech, homosexulaity and sex discrimination; as eagerly as the Supreme Court's rulings on these issues are awaited and as intently as they are studied, they never seem to settle anything once and for all. But something is settled in the process - in the incremental approach - as Cass Sunstein argues in this...(展开全部)

Abortion, affirmative action, the "right to die", pornography and free speech, homosexulaity and sex discrimination; as eagerly as the Supreme Court's rulings on these issues are awaited and as intently as they are studied, they never seem to settle anything once and for all. But something is settled in the process - in the incremental approach - as Cass Sunstein argues in this...(展开全部)