Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America

Success without victory lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America

Introduction : losers, fools, and prophets -- Can law stop war? The constitution and Iraq -- A tradition of resistance : anti-slavery litigators and the fight for freedom -- "A fine agitation" : women's suffrage goes to court -- Plessy v. Ferguson : the fool's last battle -- Plan...

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1. Verfasser: Lobel, Jules (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York u.a. New York University Press c 2003
Schriftenreihe:Critical America
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Law > Justice, Administration of > Political aspects > Political activists > Bibliografie > USA > Rechtsstreit > Politisches Engagement > Rechtskultur > Geschichte
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : losers, fools, and prophets -- Can law stop war? The constitution and Iraq -- A tradition of resistance : anti-slavery litigators and the fight for freedom -- "A fine agitation" : women's suffrage goes to court -- Plessy v. Ferguson : the fool's last battle -- Plant-closing litigation : "Youngstown sure died hard" -- Politics versus law : were travelers to Cuba trading with the enemy? -- Challenging United States intervention in Central America -- End of an era : fighting U.S. action in Kosovo
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-307) and index
Beschreibung:X, 321 S
24 cm
ISBN:0814751121
0-8147-5112-1