Jack Greenberg, a key figure at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund for 35 years, offers a personal memoir and behind the scenes view of the legal battles of the civil rights movement culminating in the landmark trial and decision, Brown v. Board of Education; the defense of Martin Luther King Jr., the origin of major employment discrimination cases.

Crusaders in the Courts: Legal Battles of the Civil Rights Movement, Anniversary Edition

Greenberg, Jack

Legal History

Twelve Tables Press

Jack Greenberg, plaintiff's attorney for Brown v. Board of Education argued the case before the Supreme Court, which declared "separate but equal" to be unconstitutional. This publication tells the behind the scene story of the team, led by Thurgood Marshall and the Legal Defense Fund team. As a key figure in the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for 35 years, Jack Greenberg argued forty cases before the Supreme Court, none more important than the Brown case.

Brown v. Board of Education: Witness to a Landmark Decision

The record of those who have tried to propagate the American ideology of democracy is replete with failures and marked with few success.  "Spreading the Word" offers a historical behind the scenes look at the individuals involved in, detailing their personal interests and political roles as American statesman and lawyers from the French Revolution, to the democratizing of the Philippines to the war in Iraq.

Spreading America's Word: Stories of Its Lawyer Missionaries

Carrington, Paul D.

For the Constitution to become law, it first had to be ratified by the states. Throughout the nation, however, the Framers proposed new charter of government quickly engendered intense opposition. How was this opposition to be overcome, especially in the key battleground state of New York? Alexander Hamilton devised the strategy of defending the Constitution in a comprehensive series of essays, and he recruited James Madison to assist him that effort. The result was The Federalist, a treatment of political theory so profound that Thomas Jefferson would later hail it as the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written. This book tells the story of The Federalist how it came to be, what it had to say, and why it continues to guide constitutional thought to the present day. This story has been written not only for students, lawyers and historians, but for all who seek to know more about America's uniquely enduring systems of government. Indeed, in the story of The Federalist lies much of the story of the nation a nation reconceived by Hamilton and Madison in writings that remain the cornerstone of American law. Summary of contents Part I: Framing the Federalist The Precipice of Anarchy Answering the Call Part II: The Rhetoric of Ratification The Logic of The Federalist Pathos, Ethos, and Publius Part III: Themes for a Nation Uniting the States Private Interest and Public Good The Rebirth of Republicanism Part IV: The Architecture of Equilibrium A Double Security The Most Dangerous Branch Energy in the Executive The Citadel of Justice Parchment Barriers and Individual Rights Part V: The Legacy of Publius

The Story of The Federalist: How Hamilton and Madison Reconceived America

History

Dan T. Coenen

Americas

The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education presents historical commentary on the impact of the ruling by the attorneys from the case including Jack Greenberg, Robert Carter, Constance Baker Motley along plus former President Bill Clinton and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. An insighful original account of the case, fifty years after it was decided.

The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education

Jack Greenberg

Constitutional Law

The writings of Yale Professor of Law, former clerk of Justice Thurgood Marshall and William J. Brennan, Jr. and later working within the Civil Rights Deaprtment of Justice exemplify the powerful principle that law is an expression of public reason and that constitutional adjudication is crucial in determining the quality of our social life. Topics include writings on Equal Protection, Civil Rights, Free Speech and the War on Terror.

Law as Justice: The Moral Imperative of Owen Fiss's Scholarship

Irwin Stotzky

The Federal Circuit - A Judicial Innovation, Establishing a United States Courts of Appeals is the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Federal Circuit and its predecessor courts, featuring an inside view of the Society records, written histories of major figures of the Court and a tribute to the members and supporters. Chapters include Creating, Launching a New National Court, Patent Reform, Appeals, Agencies and Reviews.

The Federal Circuit - A Judicial Innovation, Establishing a US Court of Appeals

Steven Flanders

Thelton Henderson, presently a Senior United States District Judge in San Francisco, rose from humble origins to become a leading civil rights attorney and innovator of minority admissions programs. This book traces his career from a football star to his work in the 1960's as the first African-American lawyer from the Justice Department in the South to his notable and controversial decisions on such matters as veterans' affairs, educational and prison reform, and the environment. Judge Henderson's background and remarkable achievements challenge readers to consider what it means to be a wise and effective judge in modern America. A documentary film on Judge Henderson's life, Soul of Justice by Abby Ginzberg, was released in 2005.

Judge Thelton Henderson, Breaking New Ground

Richard B. Kuhns

In 1776 we were no longer subjects of the British Crown but then who were we? The word we created was citizen. In July of that year citizen was used for the first time in a public document, the document being the Declaration of Independence. Eleven years later, in 1787, the newly enacted Constitution used the word ten times. But the word was undefined. We got by, except for one egregious fault: African Americans were not and could not be made citizens. We had the Civil War and enacted the Fourteenth Amendment, and that Amendment included African Americans as citizens. And the Amendment defined for all of us exactly who is a citizen. Through the end of the 1890s courts and government carried out that definition and in the 1890s the work seemed done. Yet there is a modern problem, of illegal immigrants, eleven million maybe more who are not and cannot be citizens. They do not meet the Fourteenth Amendment standards. They enter the country largely via our southern border, do not serve in the military, cannot vote, and most do not pay taxes. A number are criminals. The problem is what now can be done? A solution not a good one, we have for so long ignored the problem is naturalization. The process of naturalization comes out of Congress. As things now stands illegal immigrants who are criminals will be deported. As to the rest, Congress may as it wishes provide some help. These matters, and much more, are covered in The Sustainers.

The Sustainers, Citizens of the United States

William T Mayton

Author of Rutter's Civil Procedure Before Trial (West/Thomson Reuters), Superior Court Judge Curtis E. A. Karnow's Litigation in Practice provides invaluable tips, courtroom strategies and helpful insights of the trial process, with a no-nonsense writing style, offering courtroom do's and don'ts that every new trial lawyer and student needs in understanding that law is what happens in the courtroom. Other sections provide advanced practical guidance for settlement, case management, using case precedent,and expert testimony. Chapters include: 1. Trials and Tribulations, 2. Statistics and Probability, 3. Timing Settlements, 4. Complexity in Litigation, 5. Similarity in Legal Analysis and the Post-Literate Blitz, 6. Expert Witnesses, 7. Prejudices of the Past and the Role of Experiential Learning

Litigation in Practice

Curtis E.A. Karnow

Rules & Procedures

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