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Using a wealth of new evidence, Anderson revisits the murder of fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till from Chicago. In 1955, Emmett…
was visiting Mississippi relatives when he was killed for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Discusses the trial, the acquittal by a white jury, the five-decades-later autopsy, and Emmett's legacy. Some violence. 2015Poison candy: the murderous Madam: inside Dalia Dippolito's plot to kill
By Mark Ebner, Elizabeth Parker. 2014
Prosecutor's account of the events surrounding the 2011 trial of a young former prostitute who attempted to have her husband…
killed. Describes how a Florida policeman posed as the hitman and how a television show filmed Dalia Dippolito's reaction to the fake murder scene. Some strong language. 2014One of us: the story of Anders Breivik and the massacre in Norway
By Asne Seierstad, Sarah Death, Åsne Seierstad. 2015
Author of The Bookseller of Kabul (DB 57814) details the life of Anders Breivik, who detonated a bomb outside the…
prime minister's office in Oslo, Norway, and then proceeded to gun down sixty-nine attendees of a youth camp in July 2011. Discusses the country's reaction. Translated from the 2013 Norwegian edition. Violence. 2013Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System, Fourth Edition
By Jay M. Feinman. 2014
Law professor provides overview of information typically taught during the first year of law school. Using well-known cases to illustrate…
his points, Feinman discusses, among other things, constitutional law, the litigation process, personal injury and tort law, contracts, and criminal and property laws. 2014Editor-in-chief of Truthdig Robert Scheer discusses the widespread surveillance of the general public conducted by corporations and government agencies and…
condemns the erosion of privacy rights. He argues that the information revolution, despite its positive elements, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state. 2015Data and Goliath: the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world
By Bruce Schneier. 2015
Computer security expert details the state of data analysis in the twenty-first century, including the ways it is generated and…
collected, as well as how to protect it. He examines the entities collecting data, the ways data is analyzed, and the predictions it can make. 2015Lincoln's greatest case: the river, the bridge, and the making of America
By Brian McGinty. 2015
Before his tenure as president, Lincoln spent nearly a quarter century as a lawyer. McGinty details what became the most…
consequential trial in Lincoln's career, the case of the steamboat Effie Afton, which affected the future of transportation in America and cemented Lincoln's reputation. 2015To build and retain business, Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas mines customer data, tracking what customers like to play, what…
foods they enjoy, when they prefer to visit, and more. Many companies have adopted this model to remain competitive, but Tanner examines both the benefits and the destructive nature of this practice. 2014Political order and political decay: from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy
By Francis Fukuyama. 2014
Author of America at the Crossroads (DB 62668) analyzes the development, and in some cases the downfall, of political structures…
across the world since the mid-1800s. Pays particular attention to the spread of democracy. Examines the role of the state, maintenance of governing ideals, and influence of corruption. 2014The case against the Supreme Court
By Erwin Chemerinsky. 2014
Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky analyzes the work of the Supreme Court over the past two hundred years. He protests the…
general perception of the Court's objectiveness and argues for term limits as well as a reassessment of the institution as a whole, drawing on particular past cases to support his arguments. 2014The great New Orleans kidnapping case: race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction Era
By Michael A. Ross. 2014
Combining history and true crime, this work examines a court case that caught the attention of the whole country. In…
1870 New Orleans, two Afro-Creole women were accused of kidnapping a white baby from her home. The ensuing trial highlights the difficult race relations of the Reconstruction era. 2015Corruption in America: from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United
By Zephyr Teachout. 2014
Professor of law at Fordham considers how the framers of the Constitution viewed the issue of political corruption. Teachout contrasts…
that old ideal of civic virtue with the Supreme Court decision in 2010 that granted corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. 2014Tokyo, 1946. Major Daniel Jaffe--the author's grandfather--a U.S. Army psychiatrist stationed in occupied Japan, must evaluate nationalist ideologue Okawa Shumei…
to determine if he should stand trial for war crimes after Okawa exhibits signs of mental illness. Some violence. 2014Pay any price: greed, power, and endless war
By James Risen. 2014
Author of State of War (DB 61826) examines the financial cost of war and governmental waste. Discusses duplication of efforts…
by federal agencies, loss of aid dollars sent to war-torn countries, and the persecution of whistleblowers within the United States. 2014America's unwritten constitution: the precedents and principles we live by
By Akhil Reed Amar. 2012
Yale Law School professor and author of America's Constitution (DB 62200) discusses the supporting work used in deciding what is…
considered constitutional, including values, precedents, and practice. Details the history of interpretation of the Constitution and speculates on what the future holds for the document. 2012What we stand for: The Kids' Book of Citizenship (What We Stand For)
By Anders Hanson. 2015
Six books that teach younger readers about the importance of supporting essential values. Collection includes Do Something for Others, Everyone…
is Equal, Keeping the Peace, Land of the Free, No Bullies Allowed!, and Stand Up For Yourself. For grades 2-4. 2014War of the whales: a true story
By Joshua Horwitz. 2014
Chronicles the story of environmental lawyer Joel Reynolds and marine biologist Ken Balcomb, who launched a legal drive to expose…
and challenge the U.S. Navy submarine detection system that drives whales onto beaches. 2014Working stiff: two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner
By T. J. Mitchell, Judy Melinek. 2014
Candid memoir of a forensic pathologist and her rookie season as a New York City medical examiner. Details gruesome autopsies…
and harrowing death scenes, and provides a firsthand account of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Some violence and some strong language. 2014Uncertain justice: the Roberts court and the constitution
By Laurence Tribe, Joshua Matz, Laurence H Tribe. 2014
Constitutional law professors analyze the decisions made by the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts. Argues the Court…
has played a critical role in redefining American life and liberties with decisions on issues such as health care, campaign finance reform, freedom of speech, and presidential power. 2014Analysis of a set of cases brought before the United States Supreme Court which ratified the concept of "one person,…
one vote." Discusses the role of Chief Justice Earl Warren--who described the cases as the most important of his tenure--and the impact on the civil rights movement. 2014