Success Without Victory : Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in America.

By: Lobel, JulesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Critical America SerPublisher: New York : New York University Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (331 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814752814Subject(s): Political activists - United States - AnecdotesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Success Without Victory : Lost Legal Battles and the Long Road to Justice in AmericaDDC classification: 349.73 LOC classification: K184 \.L63Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Losers, Fools, and Prophets -- 2 Can Law Stop War? The Constitution and Iraq -- 3 A Tradition of Resistance: Antislavery Litigators and the Fight for Freedom -- 4 "A Fine Agitation": Women's Suffrage Goes to Court -- 5 Plessy v. Ferguson: The Fool's Last Battle -- 6 Plant-Closing Litigation: "Youngstown Sure Died Hard" -- 7 Politics versus Law: Were Travelers to Cuba Trading with the Enemy? -- 8 Challenging United States Intervention in Central America -- 9 End of an Era: Fighting U.S. Action in Kosovo -- 10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: An examination of how some legal issues are losing cases - but that's okay because advances are still possible.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Losers, Fools, and Prophets -- 2 Can Law Stop War? The Constitution and Iraq -- 3 A Tradition of Resistance: Antislavery Litigators and the Fight for Freedom -- 4 "A Fine Agitation": Women's Suffrage Goes to Court -- 5 Plessy v. Ferguson: The Fool's Last Battle -- 6 Plant-Closing Litigation: "Youngstown Sure Died Hard" -- 7 Politics versus Law: Were Travelers to Cuba Trading with the Enemy? -- 8 Challenging United States Intervention in Central America -- 9 End of an Era: Fighting U.S. Action in Kosovo -- 10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

An examination of how some legal issues are losing cases - but that's okay because advances are still possible.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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