Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
2003
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Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
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New York : New York University Press, [2003]
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©2003
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x, 321 pages.
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Critical America.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-307) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0814751121 cloth alkaline paper
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