trials

Argues that the five United States Supreme Court justices made their decisions in the 2000 election of "Bush versus Gore" outside the acceptable bounds of judicial power which may impact the court's reputation for some time to come.

An examination of ten major trials during the 1920s reflects the attitudes, fears, and morals of America during that time.

Using transcripts of testimony, recreates the trial of John Tinker and two others who were suspended from school for protesting the Vietnam War, and invites the reader to act as judge and jury.

San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, the subject of a police brutality trial after a shoot-out involving two teens, retreats to Half Moon Bay to get away from the media circus and becomes embroiled in the investigation of a series of murders that puts her in mind of an unsolved case from her rookie years.

Lawyers face off in 1925 Dayton, Tennessee in the Scopes Monkey Trial, which determined the legality of teaching evolution versus creation in the classroom.

Describes the twists and turns in an actual New Orleans court case of 1843 where the identity of Sally Miller, is questioned and has everything to do with her status as a slave.

Studies the 1973 case in which Alan Bakke challenged a California medical school's policy of holding seats for minority students; and discusses the impact of the lawsuit on subsequent affirmative action programs.