editors peter irons (17 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardboard and Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. A pencil-point size indentation on the dustjacket spine, elsewise a bright, clean, tight copy sans other flaws. "The book 'May It PLease the Court' includes, for the first time ever, accurate transcripts of the major oral arguments and questioning n twenty-three historic Supreme Court cases. The book also includes background to each case and excerpts from the opinions." 375 pages. "Through the voices of the nation's most important lawyers and justices - Thurgood Marshall, Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Archibald Cox, Laurence Tribe, Sarah Weddington, Robert Bork, Hugo Black, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor - here is an unprecedented chance to hear firsthand our justice system at work, in the highest court of the land." GB22.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Small stain to the side edge and to the bottom. Pages age-toned. Some edge wear and rubbing to the dust jacket. A collection of the 23 most significant cases heard by the Supreme Court since 1955.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Book And Cassettes In Like New Condition. Slipcase In Near Fine Condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. ] Slipcased set, Fine - still in shrinkwrap. Book is hardback, xxiv + 376 pages. Cassettes in plastic case about the same size as the book. Blurb: "Transcripts of 23 Live Recordings of Landmark Cases As Argued Before The Supreme Court, including the actual voices of the attorneys and justices in oral argument and questioning." RWR5 Law Legal History United States Supreme Court Government.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Book and tape cassettes contained in slipcase. Book seems unread, tapes seem unused. Dust jacket on book is as new. Cassettes present live recordings of the Supreme Court in session in six, 90-minute tapes. Original price new was $75, as is printed on the slipcase. Book is NOT ex-library. Book has NO highlighting or notes. Book has NO marks inside or outside. 375 pages. Binding tight, square.

Audio Book (Cassette). Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No discernible flaws to this unused copy. Includes six audio cassettes.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine DJ / Fine slipcase. Fifth printing. New York:: The New Press. , 1993. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Not price clipped (30.00 on DJ/ 75.00 for set in slipcase). No chips. No tears. No creases. No remainder marks. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Errata slip laid-in. In addition to the book (ISBN: 1565840461), there is a plastic clam-shell case (ISBN: 1565840356) containing six 90-minute audio tapes of actual US Supreme Court oral arguments and questioning. A slipcase neatly encloses both the book & tape case. This set provides printed text, transcripts and audio cassettes of 23 live recordings of landmark cases argued before the US Supreme Court. Included are excerpts from the court's opinions, background to each case, and a bibliography. These transcripts were made available to the public for the first time with this publication. You can read the actual words and hear the voices of attorneys and justices including Thurgood Marshall, Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Archibald Cox, Laurence Tribe, Sarah Weddington, Robert Bork, Hugo Black, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, Sanda Day O'Connor, etc. Narration by Peter Irons identifies the speakers and puts the arguments in context. Some of the landmark cases included here are abortion rights (Roe v. Wade), flag burning, school desegregation, capital punishment, right to counsel, sexual orientation, Miranda rights, interracial marriage, reverse discrimination, prayer in school, etc. . Fifth printing. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine DJ / Fine slipcase. 8vo. xxiv, 375pp. .

Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine DJ / Fine slipcase. Third printing. New York: The New Press , 1993. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase. Not price clipped ($30.00 on DJ/ $75.00 for set in slipcase). No chips. No tears. No creases. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. In addition to the book (ISBN: 1565840461), there is a plastic clam-shell case (ISBN: 1565840356) containing six 90-minute audio tapes of actual US Supreme Court oral arguments and questioning. A slipcase neatly encloses both the book & tape case. This set provides printed text, transcripts and audio cassettes of 23 live recordings of landmark cases argued before the US Supreme Court. Included are excerpts from the court's opinions, background to each case, and a bibliography. These transcripts were made available to the public for the first time with this publication. You can read the actual words and hear the voices of attorneys and justices including Thurgood Marshall, Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Archibald Cox, Laurence Tribe, Sarah Weddington, Robert Bork, Hugo Black, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, Sanda Day O'Connor, etc. Narration by Peter Irons identifies the speakers and puts the arguments in context. Some of the landmark cases included here are abortion rights (Roe v. Wade), flag burning, school desegregation, capital punishment, right to counsel, sexual orientation, Miranda rights, interracial marriage, reverse discrimination, prayer in school, etc. . Third printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine DJ / Fine slipcase. 8vo. xxiv, 375pp.

Wraps. Condición: Good. Top corner and mid center stapled photomechanically reproduced newsletter. 6 pp. First leaf on blue paper. A newsletter for the Political Action Information Service, a group formed to coordinate various research projects related to peace concerned election campaigns (from the rear page). This issue reports on freshman senator George McGovern and his protest in the Senate over the size of the defense budget, discussion of the test ban, the FCC ruling that affected the radical right, etc. GOOD condition. Mailing label of Richard O. Hathaway present, perhaps the Vermont based historian. Fold creases present. Some staining from the staples. Minor soiling and curling.

Hardcover. Estado de la sobrecubierta: dj. First Edition. Thick 8vo. First Edition book and cassette tape combination containing a hardcover book with background of each case, transcriptions of the arguments and excerpts of the opinions along with six [6] - 90 minute cassettes including 23 live recordings of oral arguments and questioning. With narration by Peter Irons identifying the speakers and putting the arguments in context. An outstanding reference work. Book is Fine in Fine dust jacket; cassettes are Fine in a Fine plastic box; both items are in a Fine cardboard slipcase.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. also tapes included; in Near Fine Silpcase.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Octovo hardcover, unworn, tiny owner signature , else like new in bright unworn DJ; additionally there are six cassette tapes, unused. The tapes are actual oral recordings of cases argued before the court, including Gideon V. Wainright; Roe V. Wade, Bakke, etc. All are in an unworn slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Condición: As New. 4th printing. Book and tape set that makes available such historic Supreme Court cases as Roe Vs Wade (abortion) plus many others involving right to counsel, school prayer, creationism, reverse discrimination, Amish schooling, Vietnam protests, flag burning, Pentagon Papers, civil rights, capital punishment, desegregation, interracial marriage, homsexual rights, and more. Listen to the tapes while reading the transcripts in the book. New copy, perfect slipcased set. Slipcase is 7-1/4 x 10-1/4 x 2-1/2; book is 376 pp. Hardcover book in black/black boards, in b/w photo jacket, with b/w illus clamshell case containing 6 double-side audiotapes; both in b/w illus cardboard slipcase.

[1-56584-052-6] 1993. (Trade paperback) Very good plus. 375pp. The covers are lightly rubbed. "Until the New Press first published May It Please the Court in 1993, few Americans knew that every case argued before the Supreme Court since 1955 had been recorded. Publication of the tapes and transcripts simultaneously delighted Americans interested in knowing more about the workings of this country's justice system, and displeased the Supreme Court, which until then had a policy of restricting access to the recordings". Book about Transcriptions. Time Period 1955-1993. Locale: United States. (Law, Case Studies, Civil Rights, Justice, Law, Supreme Court).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 3rd Edition. Major historic collectible, this set of 23 live recordings of landmark cases is signed and inscribed twice by Sarah Weddington, the winning lawyer in Roe v. Wade, which protected the woman's right to choose to abort her fetus. Fine in a near fine slipcase with one bumped corner. The book is the third printing, with the row of numbers on the copyright page ending in 3.

Condición: Fine. The New Press. 23 live recordings of landmark cases as argued before the Supreme Court, including the actual voices of the attorneys and justices in oral argument and questioning. Six 90 minute cassettes plus a hardcover book with background on each case, transcriptions of the arguments and excerpts from the opinions. Cases include: Gideon v. Wainwright; Miranda; Bakke; Pentagon Papers; Little Rock Desegregation; Swimming pool integration; Homosexual rights; Watergate tapes, etc. Would make a Fine gift. Fine in Near Fine Box (extremely light wear on box.).