judges

Examines the life of the first black man to be appointed an associate justice of the highest court in the country.

Explains the roles of lawyers and judges within the court system and defines terminology related to their functions.

Traces the history of the United States Supreme Court, providing information on its Chief Justices, landmark cases, changing policies, and other related topics.

Sandra Day O'Connor discusses her experiences as the first woman justice in the Supreme Court and her views on justice, America's legal history, and the suffrage movement.

Autobiography of Sol Wachtler, a New York Judge who went to prison for fifteen months for harassment and was sentenced to a medium-security federal prison in Butner, North Carolina.

Three imprisoned ex-judges concoct an elaborate blackmail scheme and a presidential candidate works as a front for the director of the CIA.

Savannah homicide detective Duncan Hatcher, still stung over Judge Cato Laird's decision to declare a mistrial in the case against a brutal crime lord, knows there is more to the story when the judge's trophy wife Elise shoots and kills an intruder in their home, and things go from bad to worse when Elise disappears shortly after telling Hatcher her husband wants her dead.

A collection of speeches, writings, arguments, opinions, and reminiscences by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

A complete guide to the Supreme Court- how it works, cases handled, and how its decisions affect you.