courts

Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone faces his biggest challenge when a new case opens up in Strattenburg and Theo is the prime suspect when the police discover some stolen computer equipment in his locker.

Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.

Examines the working of the United States court system and the ways courts resolve disputes and conflicts. Readers learn how to conduct their own mock trials.

Introduces students to the purpose and structure of the government's judicial branch, highlighting the Constitution's outline of the judicial branch and its many components.

Geragos and Harris point fallacies in the modern court system and its participants, including judges, the police, jurors, and defense and prosecuting attorneys.

Provides an overview of courts and trial processes, looks at issues and controversies related to courts and trials, and includes a chronology of significant events and legislation, biographies of activists and legislators, a directory of organizations and agencies, and other references.

Examines case studies in which innocent people were wrongly convicted and sent to prison.

Explores the creation of the Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States, discusses how it has changed over time, and looks at some of the Court's most significant decisions.

Examines the debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which led to the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 1803 in "Marbury v. Madison", which gave the Court the power to determine what the Constitution and the laws under it really mean.

Gilbert and his big sister Rachel must go to foster care while their mother is in rehab, and meet a lot of adults appointed to help them including a caseworker, foster parents, foster brothers and sisters, a lawyer, therapist, a judge, and their own court appointed special advocate.