Law Biography

Engaging but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most influential justices ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In this fascinating new book, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen assesses Scalia's complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptive public intellectual. The left saw Scalia as an unscrupulous foe who amplified his judicial role with scathing dissents and outrageous public comments.

So offen und persönlich wie noch nie: die Autobiographie! Gregor Gysi hat linkes Denken geprägt und wurde zu einem seiner wichtigsten Protagonisten. Hier erzählt er von seinen zahlreichen Leben: als Anwalt, Politiker, Autor, Moderator und Familienvater. Seine Autobiographie ist ein Geschichts-Buch, das die Erschütterungen und Extreme, die Entwürfe und Enttäuschungen des 20. Jahrhunderts auf sehr persönliche Weise erlebbar macht.

During his extraordinary decades-long career as an attorney, J. W. Freiberg consulted on hundreds of cases involving clients affected by chronic and debilitating loneliness. Here, in four adapted stories from his practice, he reveals how loneliness can impact us in every season of our lives. A fascinating cast of characters emerges.

According to Jeffrey Rosen, Louis D. Brandeis was "the Jewish Jefferson", the greatest critic of what he called "the curse of bigness" in business and government since the author of the Declaration of Independence. Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his Supreme Court confirmation on June 1, 1916, Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet argues that Brandeis was the most farseeing constitutional philosopher of the 20th century.

Jennifer Ridha was enlisted to defend Cameron Douglas, the son of film actor Michael Douglas, in a federal drug-trafficking case. Beyond his celebrity, Cameron's case was complicated by the fact that he suffered from anxiety. As media scrutiny and the pressures of his case mounted, Cameron's anxiety worsened. When Jennifer's efforts to alleviate his condition through the proper channels fell flat, she agreed to illicitly smuggle in the antianxiety medication that the prison refused to dispense.

Throughout his 23-year legal career, Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as much time on the road as an attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit as he did in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. Yet most historians gloss over the time and instead have Lincoln emerge fully formed as a skillful politician in 1858. In this innovative volume, Guy C. Fraker provides the first ever study of Lincoln's professional and personal home away from home and demonstrates how the Eighth Judicial Circuit and its people propelled Lincoln to the presidency.

In Breaking In, veteran journalist Joan Biskupic tells the story of how two forces providentially merged - the large ambitions of a talented Puerto Rican girl raised in the projects in the Bronx and the increasing political presence of Hispanics, from California to Texas, from Florida to the Northeast - resulting in a historical appointment. And this is not just a tale about breaking barriers as a Puerto Rican. It's about breaking barriers as a justice.

As William Faulkner said, “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.” This observation seems especially true in matters of family, when the fury between generations is often never resolved and instead secretly carried, a wound that cannot heal. For David Berg, this is truer than for most, and once you listen to the story of his family, you will understand why he held it privately for so long and why the betrayals between parent and child can be the most wrenching of all.

Jeg håber, jeg har gjort en forskel er et nærværende portræt af Danmarks første kvindelige juraprofessor. Eva Smith er datter af tidligere justits- og indenrigsminister Hans Hækkerup, men allerede som ung besluttede hun sig for, at hun ville kendes som sig selv, og ikke som ministerdatter. Derfor tog hun navnet Smith, da hun blev gift første gang som 22-årig i Tel Aviv med amerikaneren Ranny Smith.Alle kvinder i hendes slægt er døde i en tidlig alder af kræft. Derfor regnede Eva Smith heller ikke med, at hun ville blive særligt gammel.

Questo audiolibro è un unicum. Mai fino ad ora un giudice della Corte aveva descritto il funzionamento di un organo così centrale nella vita giudiziaria e politica del nostro paese, e che parla solo attraverso le proprie sentenze. Con prosa misurata ma non reticente, sfilano nelle pagine, minuziosamente annotati, nove anni incandescenti (dal 2005 al 2014) punteggiati da sentenze "storiche", precedute e seguite da polemiche e speculazioni anche giornalistiche.

When Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court she created hope for the American people, especially Black girls with dreams of blazing a trail for those to come after them. Her nomination has actualized the portrayal of an America that the American people have been dying to see happen since the time of Harriet Tubman.

Inside Strafprozess. Täglich sollen sie den moralischen Verfall unserer Gesellschaft verhindern, doch wie finden Richter zu ihrem Urteil? Und mit welchen Herausforderungen sind sie dabei konfrontiert? Strafrichter Patrick Burow gewährt seltene Einblicke in den Gerichtssaal. "Auf hoher See und vor Gericht ist dein Leben in Gottes Hand", weiß der Volksmund. Doch wie denkt und arbeitet ein Richter? Und wie findet er zu einem gerechten Urteil ? Spiegel-Bestseller-Autor Patrick Burow ist Richter aus Leidenschaft. In seinem neuen Buch blickt er hinter die Kulissen deutscher Gerichte.

Mayhem goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about the notorious Boston Marathon bombing, such as: Where were the bombs made? And what had been Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relationship to the FBI? This page-turning narrative casts a spotlight on the US Government's relationship...

Dufty Dufty Biddle & Dunn is a small firm of provincial solicitors in the English Midland town of Hockham, catering for the legal needs of the local population. No more, no less. Charles Dufty founded the practice fifty years ago, and still acts as a consultant to his son Hugo, the senior resident partner, who has ambitions to expand the firm. The Duftys take on cases which most modern firms wouldn't even look at, yet before you know it the problem is solved.

In 2014 Barry D. Todd’s world was shattered when an act of self-defense led to charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault. Attacked outside an Arizona restaurant, he fired his weapon to protect himself—only to find himself incarcerated without proper evidence or due process. Thrust into a daunting legal battle, Barry D. Todd faced the complexities of a criminal justice system that seemed stacked against him. This powerful account delves into the flaws of a system that can fail the wrongly accused.

Simon McCoy smuggled cocaine for longer than Pablo Escobar. An outlaw more than a criminal, he never handled a gun nor dealt with those who did. Finding My Mojo is the first audiobook in the To Live Outside the Law series of nonfiction crime trilogies--an adventure that ran from the 1980s to the 2000s. Up until this point, Simon had gotten by through sheer balls and good luck. This true crime book marks the place where he decides to up his game. Simon has a method that works consistently and with reliable contacts (to a degree).

The gripping story of the life and education of one of America's most innovative and idealistic lawyers.

Peter Brandt, a litigator at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), has been at the forefront of some of the toughest cases of animal abuse in the last 10 years - including supervising a team of lawyers working to protect the interests of farm animals. In this revelatory and often surprisingly funny memoir-cum-manifesto, Brandt describes his growing awareness of the extent of the cruelty of animals in concentrated animal feeding operations (a.k.a. factory farms) and the manifold harms to human health, local communities, and the environment for those who live near them.

In this captivating, humorous memoir, Joe Field rises from abject poverty with a single parent Hispanic mother to become a lawyer. But gnawing at him throughout his life is not knowing his father. A life resembling Forrest Gump meets the Pursuit of Happyness, Finding Joe Adams is a candid, true tale of a man innocently trying to make sense of life, and to make something of himself. He presents, without much judgment, a struggling, survivalist mother who often made mistakes but provided as she could for her broken family.

Welcome to another journey into the dark, dysfunctional underbelly of New Mexico. Our reluctant hero navigates his way through new towns and clients, facing multiple near-death experiences as he fights for the rights of the guilty and absurdly stupid. Along the way, you will encounter steroid-enhanced hillbillies, bitch-slapping cross-dressers, and gun-toting Nazis, all out on a binge.