Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / / Jules Lobel.

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Superior document:Critical America
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TeilnehmendeR:
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Critical America.
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Physical Description:x, 321 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.