Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5082+7266 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696411 A criminal defense attorney recounts his determined effort to track down and apprehend the people responsible for his brothers murder, revealing how when the case was on the verge of going cold he risked his career and life to discern the truth from contacts on both sides of the law. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687286 For the residential landlord, tax deductions can make the difference between earning a profit and losing money. Here is everything you need to legally maximize your deductions and put extra dollars in your pocket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713173 This fascinating book from former Justice Sandra Day OConnor sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684531 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682496 A practical, plain-English guide to the legal information and guidance LGBT people, whether single or coupled, need. From making medical decisions and leaving property to loved ones, to having and raising children, this guide will show you how to protect yourself, your partner, and your family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687287 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693210 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674380 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713186 Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and prominent constitutional attorney Clint Bolick explore the current and divisive topic of immigration. The authors explain that over the past several decades, a large percentage of immigrants have entered the U.S. illegally, and argue that the immigration system needs an overhaul. They propose a solution to the immigration problem centered around two core principles: immigrations importance to the U.S.s future; and the need for structure in immigration. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667627 Bancroft Prize-winning historian and legal expert Michael Klarman here offers an illuminating and engaging account of modern litigation over same-sex marriage. After looking at the treatment of gays in the decades after World War II and the birth of the modern gay rights movement with the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969, Klarman describes the key legal cases involving gay marriage and the dramatic political backlashes they ignited. He examines the Hawaii Supreme Courts ruling in 1993, which sparked a vast political backlash--with more than 35 states and Congress enacting defense-of-marriage acts--and the Massachusetts decision in Goodridge in 2003, which inspired more than 25 states to adopt constitutional bans on same-sex marriage. Klarman traces this same pattern--court victory followed by dramatic backlash--through cases in Vermont, California, and Iowa, taking the story right up to the present. He also describes some of the collateral political damage caused by court decisions in favor of gay marriage--Iowa judges losing their jobs, Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle losing his seat, and the possibly dispositive impact of gay marriage on the 2004 presidential election. But Klarman also notes several ways in which litigation has accelerated the coming of same-sex marriage: forcing people to discuss the issue, raising the hopes and expectations of gay activists, and making other reforms like civil unions seem more moderate by comparison. In the end, Klarman discusses how gay marriage is likely to evolve in the future, predicts how the U.S. Supreme Court might ultimately resolve the issue, and assesses the costs and benefits of activists pursuing social reforms such as gay marriage through the courts-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712688 The legal drama of a man whod spent almost forty years in prison for murders he denied committing and the tenacious lawyers who believed in his innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674381 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684914 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682485 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696637 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684526 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674747 From the moment John Roberts, the chief justice of the United States, blundered through the Oath of Office at Barack Obamas inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation, and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative: a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668166 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667853 The path from green card to U.S. citizenship can be a long and winding one. This book will help you determine your eligibility, fill out application forms, study for the exam, and more!. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1664359 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522528 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476085 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668072 Profiles 168 top law schools and offers information on the LSAT scores and GPA of admitted students, job placement rates for graduates, and student/faculty ratio. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667827 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602384 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668070 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667835 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695776 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch presents a sobering analysis of the ways everyday people are systematically victimized by corporate interests, revealing small-print tactics in commonplace consumer agreements while sharing recommendations for how to combat consumer-targeting abuses. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646865 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667823 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668947 Everything you and your partners need to go into business together!Form a Partnership thoroughly explains the legal and practical issues involved in forming a business partnership, creating a partnership agreement and protecting each persons interests. In plain English, the book covers:. partnerships compared to other business structures. the financial and tax liability of partners. contributions of cash, property and services. what happens if a partner wants out. how to value partnership assets. admitting new partners. buying out a partners interest. limited partnerships. and much moreThis edition of Form a Partnership is totally revised and updated to reflect the law and realities of todays business world. Plus, all the forms you need to create a partnership agreement are provided.- Download forms for book on nolo.com-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668217 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669067 Americas war over gun control has raged since the 1960s. In 2008, the Supreme Court startled the left by concluding that with the Second Amendment the founders elevated above all other interests the right to bear arms in defense of hearth and home. Liberals feared the NRA would succeed in rolling back regulations nationwide. Discussion about guns in America has been stalemated, shortcircuited, and dominated by rigidly and mutually intolerant ideologies. Yet we may be closer to a solution than either side may imagine.In Living With Guns, veteran New York Times editor Craig Whitney carefully reexamines Americas relationship with guns, showing how guns are an important part of American culture. The earliest colonists needed them to survive. We have nearly 300 million of them today. Trying to restrict gun ownership doesnt effectively deter crime--we need to get serious about what actually works. Whitney shows that, if we focus on controlling violence rather than guns themselves, the Second Amendment may not be so lethal as the left would like to think-- Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657735 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602387 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667797 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668199 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687298 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1533223 In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man with no previous felony record. His only connection to the victim was having cleaned her gutters and windows, but barely ninety days after the victims body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Elmore had been on death row for eleven years when a young attorney named Diana Holt first learned of his case. It required little scrutiny for Holt to discern that Elmores case reeked of injustice, and Holt would spend more than a decade fighting on Elmores behalf. With the exemplary moral commitment and tenacious investigation that have distinguished his reporting career, Raymond Bonner follows Holts battle to save Elmores life and shows us how his case is a textbook example of what can go wrong in the American justice system. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627806 In this groundbreaking book, Scalia and Garner systematically explain all the most important principles of constitutional, statutory, and contractual interpretation in an engaging and informative style - with hundreds of illustrations from actual cases. Is a burrito a sandwich? Is a corporation entitled to personal privacy? If you trade a gun for drugs, are you using a gun in a drug transaction? The authors grapple with these and dozens of equally curious questions while explaining the most principled, lucid, and reliable techniques for deriving meaning from authoritative texts. Meanwhile, the book takes up some of the most controversial issues in modern jurisprudence. The authors write with a well-argued point of view that is definitive yet nuanced, straightforward yet sophisticated. - Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649022 An insiders account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. From the moment John Roberts, the Chief Justice of the United States, flubbed the Oath of Office at Barack Obamas inauguration, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the White House has been confrontational. Both men are young, brilliant, charismatic, charming, determined to change the course of the nation--and completely at odds on almost every major constitutional issue. One is radical; one essentially conservative. The surprise is that Obama is the conservative--a believer in incremental change, compromise, and pragmatism over ideology. Roberts--and his allies on the Court--seek to overturn decades of precedent: in short, to undo the victory FDR achieved in the New Deal. And now they are linked in history by Robertss stunning vote to uphold Obamacare. As the nation prepares to vote for President in 2012, the future of the Supreme Court is also on the ballot--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667998 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668180 For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657186 Law is a specific form of social regulation distinct from religion, ethics, and even politics, and endowed with a strong and autonomous rationality. Its invention, a crucial aspect of Western history, took place in ancient Rome. Aldo Schiavone, a world-renowned classicist, reconstructs this development with clear-eyed passion, following its course over the centuries, setting out from the earliest origins and moving up to the threshold of Late Antiquity. The invention of Western law occurred against the backdrop of the Roman Empires gradual consolidation--an age of unprecedented accumulation of power which transformed an archaic predisposition to ritual into an unrivaled technology for the control of human dealings. Schiavone offers us a closely reasoned interpretation that returns us to the primal origins of Western legal machinery and the discourse that was constructed around it--formalism, the pretense of neutrality, the relationship with political power. This is a landmark work of scholarship whose influence will be felt by classicists, historians, and legal scholars for decades.--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669121 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624184 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681558 Go behind the scenes with forensic anthropologists and learn about techniques used by criminal investigators: how they locate a body, how they carefully uncover and record evidence, and how the unique characteristics of each body bear silent witnees to age, sex, and the time and manner of death. Includes true crime case studies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1589495 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684566 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687138 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675024 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674952 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679161 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667983 Timothy Masters was a lonely, troubled teenager with a penchant for gory artwork when he first saw Peggy Lee Hettrick, her dead, mutilated body nearly frozen in the early morning of Fort Collins, Colorado. Not believing it could really be a dead body, thinking he was the victim of yet another prank by his abusive classmates, the fifteen-year-old didnt go to the police, but they came to him. So began a decade-long investigation led by a relentless detective who was sure that Masters was the killer, even without a shred of physical evidence. Against all reason, a conspiracy of silence and circumstantial evidence eventually put Masters behind bars. Only the determination of a lone investigator who believed the young man was innocent would reveal the shocking truth, and free Masters after ten years in prison. This is the compelling true story of one life ended in blood and murder, one life ruined by coincidence and prejudice, and justice long denied but finally found.--Publishers description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1589494 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668202 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657327 Conventional wisdom holds that intellectual property rights are essential for innovation. But are copyright and patents really necessary to spark creativity? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not only survive in the face of copying, but can thrive. The Knockoff Economy approaches the question of incentives and innovation in a wholly new way--by exploring creative fields that do not rely on legal monopolies, such as fashion, cuisine, and even professional football. By uncovering these important but rarely studied creative worlds, Raustiala and Sprigman reveal a nuanced and fascinating relationship between imitation and innovation. In some creative fields copying is kept in check through informal industry norms enforced by private sanctions. In other cases, the freedom to copy actually promotes creativity. High fashion gave rise to the very term knockoff, yet imitation only makes the fashion cycle run faster--and forces the fashion industry to be ever more creative. Raustiala and Sprigman carry their analysis from food to font design to football plays to finance, examining how and why each of these vibrant fields remains innovative, even in the face of sometimes-extensive imitation. There is an important thread that ties all these instances together--successful creative industries can evolve to be resistant to, and even to profit from, piracy. And there are important lessons here for copyright-focused industries, like music and film, that have struggled with piracy. Raustiala and Sprigmans arguments have been making headlines in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Le Monde, and elsewhere. By looking where few had looked before--at industries that fall outside normal IP law--The Knockoff Economy opens up fascinating creative worlds. And it demonstrates that not only is a great deal of innovation possible without IP, but that IPs absence is sometimes better for innovation-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602090 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1589498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604808 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1589493 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667449 Curto declares that modern justice takes too long. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629418 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1589492 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668635 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1312605 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274873 The founder of the Bring Sean Home Foundation advocacy group for parents of internationally abducted children describes how his Brazilian wife unexpectedly returned to her native country and refused to share custody of their son, triggering an international controversy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1242866 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1252168 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393173 Offers the options to help homeowners make the best decisions when faced with foreclosure. The 3rd edition is completely updated and includes new federal legislation and programs offered by lenders to help homeowners in distress-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1235619 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1304955 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393174 Helps nonprofit corporations understand and comply with corporate governance rules and recordkeeping requirements, such as holding and documenting meetings, approving decisions, and setting up a corporate records book. The 2nd edition reflects current laws--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272936 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243858 Helps navigate government benefits systems and maximize retirement and pension income and medical coverage by explaining step-by-step instructions on how to qualify and apply. The 16th edition includes a discussion of Medicare rules reflecting federal healthcare reform, plus updated benefit numbers for Social Security, Medicare and SSI--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629608 The rule of law has vanished in Americas criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problems -- and for their solutions. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice takes us deep into the dramatic history of American crime -- bar fights in nineteenth-century Chicago, New Orleans bordellos, Prohibition, and decades of murderous lynching. Digging into these crimes and the strategies that attempted to control them, Stuntz reveals the costs of abandoning local democratic control. The system has become more centralized, with state legislators and federal judges given increasing power. The liberal Warren Supreme Courts emphasis on procedures, not equity, joined hands with conservative insistence on severe punishment to create a system that is both harsh and ineffective. What would get us out of this Kafkaesque world? More trials with local juries; laws that accurately define what prosecutors seek to punish; and an equal protection guarantee like the one that died in the 1870s, to make prosecution and punishment less discriminatory. Above all, Stuntz eloquently argues, Americans need to remember again that criminal punishment is a necessary but terrible tool, to use effectively, and sparingly. - Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392644 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1292730 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1272918 A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. In a series of elegant and illuminating essays, Wood explores the ideological origins of the revolution--from ancient Rome to the European Enlightenment--and the founders attempts to forge an American democracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1302580 Between 1865 and 1870, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S., the 14th conferred citizenship and equal protection under the law to all Americans, white or black, and the 15th gave black American males the right to vote. In 1875 the far reaching Civil Rights Act granted all Americans regardless of color the full and equal enjoyment of public conveyances and places of amusement. Yet eight years later, in 1883, the Supreme Court, by an 8-1 vote, overturned the Civil Rights Act as unconstitutional, arguing Congress had overstepped its authority. As the author pointedly acknowledeges, in the next 20 years despite by the dawn of the 20th century the U.S. had become the nation of Jim Crow laws, quasi slavery, and precisely the same two tiered system of justice that had existed in the slave era. How and why this happened, and the ramifications and reverberations unto today, is the subject of this work. As he has done before, the author challenges the conventional view of history through a rigorous examination of the historical record. He makes clear the Supreme Court, in cases as celebrated as Plessy v. Ferguson and the equally important Williams v. Mississippi, was deeply guilty by association, turning a blind eye to the obvious reality of Jim Crow, preferring to focus instead on constituional minutiae, and demonstrating the fallacy and hypocrisy of a strict interpretation of the Constitution. He reveals clear evidence that the great black migrations north were less about seeking opportunity than about escaping tyranny. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1238930 Presents a expert tips, useful forms, and checklists for people buying a house in California. The new edition emphasizes that careful research is necessary before deciding what price and terms to include in an offer and warns of the changing requirements to secure financing--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392476 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306277 Write a simple will without a lot of time and trouble. The CD provides customizable forms and step-by-step instructions for creating a will for a single or married person, with or without children. The 6th edition includes the latest changes in estate tax law--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1297627 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303984 Shows homeowners how to deal with neighbor disputes while explaining whose side the law is on. The 7th edition contains new sample letters for engaging with a neighbor over a dispute, plus new material on how to build community and prevent disputes--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277763 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1299085 A comprehensive, easy to understand guide to the past, present and future of same-sex relationships in America. The new edition reflects changes in state law across the country and projects future changes--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693058 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298743 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303971 Practical business and management advice to help get a nonprofit up and running, and most importantly, keep it going. The 4th edition includes updated chapters on financial management and tax-reporting rules and strategies for building a web presence--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1198437 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1473394 An A-Z reference encyclopedia, with more than 200 entries defining and explaining employment and labor law topics. The entries combine a summary of the law with real life case references, pop culture references, and statistics and trends--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1336224 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279417 Covers 20 major federal employment laws with detailed information on what each requires, who it covers, deadlines and necessary paperwork, and related state laws. The 3rd edition includes regulation changes, new court cases, and updated state law charts--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1335531