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Judicial discretion / by Smithburn, J. Eric.(CARDINAL)159165;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332).
Subjects: Judicial discretion; Judicial discretion;
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Labor of innocents : forced apprenticeship in North Carolina, 1715-1919 / by Zipf, Karin L.,1968-(CARDINAL)275165;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.Orphans, bastards, and free black children : antebellum and colonial North Carolina apprenticeship -- "Justly entitled" to apprentices : race and labor in Reconstruction -- Free-labor ideology, apprenticeship, and the Freedmen's Bureau : discontinuities in law and practice -- Reconstructing "free woman" : African American mothers and apprenticeship -- Parents' rights or children's best interests? : the role of judicial discretion in apprenticeship and child custody -- "The day of apprenticeship is past" : the demise of apprenticeship and the triumph of child welfare.
Subjects: Child labor; Forced labor; Indentured servants; Apprenticeship programs; Family policy; Social classes; North Caroliniana.;
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The Supreme Court : the personalities and rivalries that defined America / by Rosen, Jeffrey,1964-(CARDINAL)660414;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A question of temperament -- The Virginia aristocrats : John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson -- The legacy of the Civil War : John Marshall Harlan and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -- Liberty and license : Hugo Black and William O. Douglas -- Two faces of conservatism : William H. Rehnquist and Antonin Scalia -- The future of temperament."The Supreme Court is the most mysterious branch of government, and yet it is at root a human institution, made up of very bright people with very strong egos, for whom political and judicial conflicts often become personal. In this character-driven history, Rosen recounts the history of the Court through the personal and philosophical rivalries on the bench that transformed the law--and by extension, our lives. Through these four rivalries, he brings to life the perennial conflict that has animated the Court--between those justices guided by strong ideology and those who forge coalitions and adjust to new realities.--From publisher description. Companion to the PBS series."--From source other than the Library of CongressAlso includes information on African Americans, Brown v. Board of Education, George W. Bush, Bush v. Gore, civil liberties, civil rights, conservatives, criminal procedure, Declaration of Independence, Democratic Party, Dred Scott v. Sandford, economic regulation, elections, executive (presidential) power, Federalist Party, federal (national) power, Fourteenth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, freedom of assembly, freedom of contract, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, Giles v. Harris, Gitlow v. New York, Griswold v. Connecticut, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, impeachment, judicial abstinence, judicial activism, judicial discretion, judicial independence, judicial politics, judicial restraint, judicial review, judicial subjectivity, judicial temperament, Ku, Klux Klan, labor law, liberals, Lochner v. New York, majority rule (majoritarianism), Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Miranda v. Arizona, New Deal, original meaning (originalism), Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Plessy v. Ferguson, pragmatism, right to privacy, racial discrimination, Ronald Reagan, Reconstruction Amendments, Republican Party (modern), Republicans (Jeffersonian), John Roberts, Roe v. Wade, Franklin D. Roosevelt, secession, segregation, stateʼs rights, Thirteenth Amendment, Clarence Thomas, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, Earl Warren, etc.
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. Supreme Court; Judges; Judges; Judges;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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Her honor : my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it / by Cordell, LaDoris H.,author.;
Introduction. Bitten by the judge bug -- Trials and tribulations in juvenile court. Les enfants terribles: criminal cases ; Making a murderer: the felony murder rule -- Domesticity and its discontents. Family matters: marriage and divorce ; Where there's a will: court battles over the dearly departed ; Would you be mine?: adoptions ; The name game: name changes -- Juries and judges. Thank you for your service: jury duty ; Judges for sale: judicial elections ; Bad judges: judicial misconduct ; J'accuse!: judges under attack -- Hot-button Issues. Bacchus unbound: the drunk driving dilemma ; It's all in your head: mental health cases ; Parsing sentences: judicial discretion ; The art of the plea deal: the plea bargain dilemma -- Conclusion. The fix: ten suggestions for reform ; In my end is my beginning."Her Honor is an eye-opening memoir from Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, now retired, combining her fascinating personal story with a necessary primer on the complex, increasingly troubled, American judicial system..."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Cordell, LaDoris H.; Criminal justice, Administration of; Judges; Women judges; African American women judges;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Administrative law treatise / by Hickman, Kristin E.,author.(CARDINAL)782865; Pierce, Richard J.,Jr.,1943-author.(CARDINAL)153481;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. The administrative process -- Philosophical and constitutional foundations -- Statutory and regulatory interpretation in administrative law -- Rules -- Rulemaking procedure -- Statutory requirements for adjudication -- Due process -- v. 2. Investigation -- Evidence -- Judicial review of adjudicative fact finding -- Judicial review and reasoned decisionmaking -- The harmless error rule -- Statutes of limitations for judicial review -- Agency delay -- Estoppel, retroactivity, res judicata, and collateral estoppel -- Primary jurisdiction -- Exhaustion, finality, and ripeness -- Standing -- v. 3. Discretion and reviewability -- Remedies -- The Freedom of Information Act and other open government acts -- Tort liability of governments and their employees.Kept up-to-date by supplements.
Subjects: Administrative law;
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Land use law in North Carolina / by Owens, David W.,1950-author.(CARDINAL)166980; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.School of Government.(CARDINAL)270093;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Framework for decision making -- Evolution of government regulation of development -- authority for local regulation of development -- Geographic jurisdiction for land-development regulation -- Zoning ordinances -- Subdivision ordinances -- Building and housing codes -- Growth-management regulations -- Environmental regulations -- Adoption, amendment, and repeal of land use regulatory ordinances -- Spot zoning -- Contract and conditional zoning -- Quasi-judicial land use regulatory decisions -- Quasi-judicial procedures -- Special use permits -- Variances -- Appealing staff determinations, certificates of appropriateness, and interpretations of ordinances -- Vested rights -- Nonconformities -- Administration and enforcement -- State statutory limitations on land use regulatory discretion -- Federal statutory limitations on land use regulatory discretion -- Takings -- Due process and equal protection -- Regulation of adult businesses -- Regulation of religious land uses -- Regulation of signs -- Judicial review -- Appendices.
Subjects: Zoning law; Land subdivision; Environmental law; Land use;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Abuse of discretion : the inside story of Roe v. Wade / by Forsythe, Clarke D.,1958-(CARDINAL)494965;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The road to Roe : inside the Supreme Court -- The road to Roe : taking abortion into the courts -- The red flags the justices ignored : the embarrassing oral arguments in Roe & Doe -- The abrupt expansion to viability (and beyond) -- The medical myth that drove the outcome in Roe -- The American experience the justices overlooked -- The public health vacuum the justices created -- Detrimental reliance : the growing international data on the risks to women -- The costs of schizophrenia : the growth of legal protection for fetal life since the 1960s -- The public isn't polarized on abortion : what most Americans can agree on -- Has Roe solved the problems it was supposed to solve for women? --What will happen on the day after Roe?
Subjects: Trial and arbitral proceedings.; Roe, Jane, 1947-2017; Wade, Henry; Abortion; Abortion; Political questions and judicial power; Trials (Abortion);
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Administrative law treatise / by Pierce, Richard J.,Jr.,1943-(CARDINAL)153481;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 2179-2191) and index.v. 1. The administrative process -- Philosophical and constitutional foundations -- Statutory construction and administrative law -- Investigation -- The Freedom of Information Act and other open government acts -- Rules -- Rulemaking procedure -- Statutory requirements for adjudication -- v. 2. Due process -- Evidence -- Judicial review of adjudications -- Agency delay -- Estoppel, retroactivity, res judicata, and collateral estoppel -- Primary jurisdiction -- Exhaustion, finality, and ripeness -- v. 3. Standing -- Discretion and reviewability -- Remedies -- Tort liability of governments and their employees.Kept up to date by supplements.
Subjects: Administrative law;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The exonerated [videorecording] / by Balaban, Bob.(CARDINAL)344806; Dennehy, Brian.; Glover, Danny.; Lindo, Delroy,1952-; Robbins, David,1955-; Monterey Video (Firm);
Director of photography, Rufus Standefer ; editor, Andy Kier ; music, David Robbins.Brian Dennehy, Danny Glover, Delroy Lindo, Aidan Quinn, Susan Sarandon, David Brown, Jr.The undeniable power of the true stories of six exonerated survivors of death row will engage your emotion, incite your passion, and envelope you in their search for the lost pieces of dignity and the lives that were interrupted."Viewer discretion is advised. Some language may be inappropriate for young children. Recommended for students aged 16 and older"--Container.DVD; stereo.
Subjects: Television movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Death row inmates; Judicial error; Ex-convicts;
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The Supreme Court and the Commander in Chief / by Rossiter, Clinton,1917-1970.(CARDINAL)132192; Longaker, Richard P.(CARDINAL)131153;
Includes bibliographical references and index.I. The Supreme Court and the President's power of martial rule : 1. The element of discretion: Martin v. Mott and Luther v. Borden -- 2. Who can suspend the writ of habeas corpus? Ex parte Merryman -- 3. The great exception: ex parte Milligan -- 4. Martial rule in World War II: the case of the Japanese-Americans -- 5. Martial law in Honolulu and military seizure in Chicago -- II. The Supreme Court and other aspects of the war powers : 6. The president's power to wage defensive war -- 7. The Supreme Court's lack of power to declare peace -- 8. Judicial review of the war powers of Congress -- 9. The president's authority over courts-martial and military commissions -- 10. The president's authority over conquered territory -- 11. Conclusion -- III. The Constitution and the commander in chief after 1950 : 12. Presidential power and commitments abroad: the dispatch of troops; presidential authority and executive agreements -- 13. Presidential power and the domestication of national security: the impoundment of funds; national security surveillance; governmental secrecy and the withholding of information -- 14. The use of troops during domestic disturbances -- 15. Conclusion.
Subjects: War and emergency powers;
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