Success Without Victory : Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in America.

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Winners and losers. Success and failure. Victory and defeat. American culture places an extremely high premium on success, and firmly equates it with winning. In politics, sports, business, and the courtroom, we have a passion to win and are terrified of losing. Instead of viewing success and failur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lobel, Jules
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2004.
Temas:
Law > United States > Anecdotes.
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects.
Political activists > United States > Anecdotes.
Droit > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Justice > Administration > Aspect politique.
Activistes > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
LAW / General.
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects
Law
Political activists
United States
Anecdotes
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Losers, Fools, and Prophets; 2 Can Law Stop War? The Constitution and Iraq; 3 A Tradition of Resistance: Antislavery Litigators and the Fight for Freedom; 4 "A Fine Agitation": Women's Suffrage Goes to Court; 5 Plessy v. Ferguson: The Fool's Last Battle; 6 Plant-Closing Litigation: "Youngstown Sure Died Hard"; 7 Politics versus Law: Were Travelers to Cuba Trading with the Enemy?; 8 Challenging United States Intervention in Central America; 9 End of an Era: Fighting U.S. Action in Kosovo; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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