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Constructing American Childhood

Constructing American Childhood

Age-Based Laws and the Illusion of Protection in the Early United States

Holly N. S. White

Of Courtiers and Kings

Of Courtiers and Kings

More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices

Edited by Todd C. Peppers and Clare Cushman

Legal Education at the University of Virginia

Legal Education at the University of Virginia

Tradition and Transformation

Edited by Meggan F. Cashwell, Randall N. Flaherty, and Loren S. Moulds

Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor

Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor

Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice

Gregory S. Gordon

Does Privilege Prevail?

Does Privilege Prevail?

Litigation in High Courts across the Globe

Stacia L. Haynie, Kirk A. Randazzo, and Reginald S. Sheehan

Tort Law and the Construction of Change

Tort Law and the Construction of Change

Studies in the Inevitability of History

Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White

When Dissents Matter

When Dissents Matter

Judicial Dialogue through US Supreme Court Opinions

Pamela C. Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, and Artemus Ward

High Courts in Global Perspective

High Courts in Global Perspective

Evidence, Methodologies, and Findings

Edited by Nuno Garoupa, Rebecca D. Gill, and Lydia B. Tiede

Statute Law in Colonial Virginia

Statute Law in Colonial Virginia

Governors, Assemblymen, and the Revisals That Forged the Old Dominion

Warren M. Billings

Of Courtiers and Princes

Of Courtiers and Princes

Stories of Lower Court Clerks and Their Judges

Edited by Todd C. Peppers

The Silent Prologue

The Silent Prologue

How Judicial Philosophies Shape Our Constitutional Rights

Ofer Raban

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

Federal Courts, Civil Rights, and Public Policy

Douglas Rice

Historian in Chief

Historian in Chief

How Presidents Interpret the Past to Shape the Future

Edited by Seth Cotlar and Richard J. Ellis

The Battle for the Court

The Battle for the Court

Interest Groups, Judicial Elections, and Public Policy

Lawrence Baum, David Klein, and Matthew J. Streb

"Esteemed Bookes of Lawe" and the Legal Culture of Early Virginia

"Esteemed Bookes of Lawe" and the Legal Culture of Early Virginia

Edited by Warren M. Billings and Brent Tarter

The Road from Runnymede

The Road from Runnymede

Magna Carta and Constitutionalism in America

A. E. Dick Howard

Diversity Matters

Diversity Matters

Judicial Policy Making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer

Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom

Jefferson’s Legacy, America's Creed

John Ragosta

The View from the Bench and Chambers

The View from the Bench and Chambers

Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Donald R. Songer, and John Szmer

A Storm over This Court

A Storm over This Court

Law, Politics, and Supreme Court Decision Making in Brown v. Board of Education

Jeffrey D. Hockett

In Chambers

In Chambers

Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices

Edited by Todd C. Peppers and Artemus Ward

Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court

Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court

Edited by James R. Rogers, Roy B. Flemming, and Jon R. Bond

Merely Judgment

Merely Judgment

Ignoring, Evading, and Trumping the Supreme Court

Martin J. Sweet

Battle over the Bench

Battle over the Bench

Senators, Interest Groups, and Lower Court Confirmations

Amy Steigerwalt

Contract and Consent

Contract and Consent

Representation and the Jury in Anglo-American Legal History

J. R. Pole

Law, Politics, and Perception

Law, Politics, and Perception

How Policy Preferences Influence Legal Reasoning

Eileen Braman

The View of the Courts from the Hill

The View of the Courts from the Hill

Interactions between Congress and the Federal Judiciary

Mark C. Miller

Answering the Call of the Court

Answering the Call of the Court

How Justices and Litigants Set the Supreme Court Agenda

Vanessa A. Baird

Strategic Selection

Strategic Selection

Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush

Christine L. Nemacheck

Judging on a Collegial Court

Judging on a Collegial Court

Influences on Federal Appellate Decision Making

Virginia A. Hettinger, Stefanie A. Lindquist, and Wendy L. Martinek

Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era

Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era

At the Crossroads of American Constitutionalism

Stuart Streichler

Creating Constitutional Change

Creating Constitutional Change

Clashes over Power and Liberty in the Supreme Court

Gregg Ivers and Kevin T. McGuire, eds.

The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson

The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson

David N. Mayer

Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity

Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity

Stephen L. Wasby

The Martinsville Seven

The Martinsville Seven

Race, Rape, and Capital Punishment

Eric W. Rise

New Communitarian Thinking

New Communitarian Thinking

Persons, Virtues, Institutions, and Communities

Amitai Etzioni, ed.

Courts, Politics, and Culture in Israel

Courts, Politics, and Culture in Israel

Martin Edelman

Juries and Judges versus the Law

Juries and Judges versus the Law

Virginia's Provincial Legal Perspective, 1783–1828

F. Thornton Miller

The Supreme Court Bar

The Supreme Court Bar

Legal Elites in the Washington Community

Kevin T. McGuire

The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective

The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective

Mark Tushnet, ed.

Magna Carta

Magna Carta

Text and Commentary

A. E. Dick Howard