Books, Nonfiction, Government, Legal System

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John Grisham
The Innocent Man
by Dell (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-11-20)

Jonathan Harr
A Civil Action
by Vintage (Paperback) (Release Date: 1996-08-27)

Jay M. Feinman
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System
by Oxford University Press, USA (Hardcover)

Mark Levin
Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America
by Regnery Publishing, Inc. (Paperback)

David W. Neubauer
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System
by Wadsworth Publishing (Hardcover)

Open this book and step into America's court system! What's it like to be a judge? A prosecutor? A defense attorney? With Neubauer's best-selling book, you'll find out! This fascinating and well-researched text gives you the sense of being in the courthouse-of what it is like to work in and be a part of the system. This concept of the courthouse "players" illustrates each person's important role in bringing a case through the court process. Throughout the text, Neubauer highlights not only the pivotal role of the criminal courts within the criminal justice system but also the court's importance and impact on society as a whole.

Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court
by Simon & Schuster (Paperback)

The Brethren is the first detailed behind-the-scenes account of the Supreme Court in action. Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong have pierced its secrecy to give us an unprecedented view of the Chief and Associate Justices -- maneuvering, arguing, politicking, compromising and making decisions that affect every major area of American life.

George F. Cole, Christopher E. Smith
The American System of Criminal Justice, Media Edition (with InfoTrac)
by Wadsworth Publishing (Hardcover)

This new media edition encompasses major revisions in organization, content, and presentation. Includes a new chapter on police actions and constitutional law. Gives more explicit focus to the role of American values in the application of criminal justice goals and to the conflicts that often ensue. Includes interactive CD-ROM with worksheet exercises and review questions.

Antonin Scalia
A Matter of Interpretation
by Princeton University Press (Hardcover)

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim--"distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to tackle him from the rear, until (bravo!) he reaches the goal--good law." But is this common-law mindset, which is appropriate in its place, suitable also in statutory and constitutional interpretation? In a witty and trenchant essay, Justice Scalia answers this question with a resounding negative.In exploring the neglected art of statutory interpretation, Scalia urges that judges resist the temptation to use legislative intention and legislative history. In his view, it is incompatible with democratic government to allow the meaning of a statute to be determined by what the judges ...

Calvin R. Massey
American Constitutional Law 2003 (Case Supplement)
by Aspen Publishers (Hardcover)

Edward Humes
NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court
by Simon & Schuster (Paperback)

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