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Examining each of the nearly 100 men who have left the US Supreme Court, explores their resignations and retirements from the lifetime tenure. Considers the diverse circumstances under which they leave and clarifies why they often are reluctant to do so, finding factors such as pensions, party loyalty, and personal pride. Also relates physical ailments to mental faculties to explain how a justice's disability can affect Court decisions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A concise, well-written examination by a lawyer-historian of the judicial restraint philosophies of President Truman's four appointees to the Supreme Court: Harold Burton, Fred Vinson, Tom Clark, and Sherman Minton. Rudko's analysis of the four men's opinions in criminal procedure, loyalty-security, racial discrimination, and alien rights cases show that Truman was far more successful than most presidents in choosing justices whose view of the judicial role matched his own. Choice Much of the debate surrounding the Supreme Court can be traced to the notion that the Court is primarily a political rather than a judicial institution. When the Court is viewed from an ideological standpoint, it b...
Seven footballers are murdered in seven different cities in seven days. A young Premiership footballer is shot dead on a seedy South London housing estate. Initially, Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Miskin and Detective Sergeant Mogan Collins are baffled as the murder doesn't conform to any of the normal patterns Miskin has become used to policing that violent and dangerous part of the city. The only clue is a single yellow rose sent anonymously to the victim before his death. Over the next two days two more footballers are killed and two more roses subsequently sent. The police, however, are no nearer to working out why or who is responsible. Miskin - recently widowed and still trying to ...
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The oldest and most respected martial arts title in the industry, this popular monthly magazine addresses the needs of martial artists of all levels by providing them with information about every style of self-defense in the world - including techniques and strategies. In addition, Black Belt produces and markets over 75 martial arts-oriented books and videos including many about the works of Bruce Lee, the best-known marital arts figure in the world.
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