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Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
LIBRA K184 .L63 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lobel, Jules.
- Series:
- Critical America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--Anecdotes.
- Law.
- Political activists.
- United States.
- Justice, Administration of--Political aspects.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Political activists--United States--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- x, 321 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This book explores the political, social, and psychological contexts behind six losing court cases that actually provided political and legal gains, influencing subsequent eras and illustrating that defeat and victory are not always mutually exclusive.
- Contents:
- Introduction: losers, fools, and prophets
- Can law stop war? The Constitution and Iraq
- A tradition of resistance : antislavery 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814751121
- OCLC:
- 52373598
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