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A good quarrel : America's top legal reporters share stories from inside the Supreme Court /

Courtroom proceedings offer the thrill of a sporting event and the drama of a stage production as lawyers match wits, grill witnesses, and introduce eleventh-hour elements that may upend the course of a trial. The most decisive contests play out in the U.S. Supreme Court, where lawyers debate the me...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Goldman, Jerry, Johnson, Timothy Russell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : The role of oral arguments in the Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Jerry Goldman
  • Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow : ten commandments of oral arguments / Dahlia Lithwick
  • Forsyth County, Georgia v. the Nationalist Movement : a workman-like performance / Tim O'Brien
  • Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey : the rhetorical battle over Roe / Lyle Denniston
  • Bush v. Gore : preparing for oral combat : the fight for the presidency / Charles Bierbauer
  • Glickman v. Wileman Brothers and Elliott Inc. : how oral arguments led to a lawsuit / Tony Mauro
  • Grutter v. Bollinger : an argument for the ages / Greg Stohr
  • Chandler v. Miller : double indemnity / Nina Totenberg
  • Rapanos v. United States : wading into the wetlands / David G. Savage
  • Randall v. Sorrell : arguing over campaign finance in Vermont / Brent Kendall
  • UAAAIWA v. Johnson Controls Inc. : fighting for women's rights in the workplace / Steve Lash
  • Time Inc. v. Hill : a future president makes his case / Fred Graham.