Federal Courts Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1599413833
- ISBN-13
- 9781599413839
- Category
- Courts
- Pages
- 451
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Authors
- Vicki C. Jackson, Judith Resnik
Description
Touching on history, economics, politics, and law, these stories steal behind the texts of the legal opinions into the larger-than-life personalities and struggles of their antagonists and protagonists. This title is an invaluable supplement to any federal courts casebook.
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