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Recounts one of nineteenth-century America's most infamous divorce cases. After Eunice Chapman's estranged husband carried off their children to live…
among the Shakers, she mounted a case against both him and the sect. The subsequent trial resulted in a monumental legislative decision and a mob attack. 2010A matter of interpretation: federal courts and the law : an essay (The University Center for Human Values Ser. #13)
Par Antonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann. 1997
Essay by late Supreme Court justice presenting his view of the role of federal courts in law enforcement. Urges judges…
to restrict themselves to the actual text of laws to render judgment. Includes critical comments by opposing judges and responses by Scalia. 1997Suspicious minds: why we believe conspiracy theories
Par Rob Brotherton. 2015
A psychologist looks at the enduring power of conspiracy theories. He delves into why we concoct conspiracy theories and their…
effect on society. Using historical research and psychology, he examines some examples of the phenomenon. 2015The idealist: Aaron Swartz and the rise of free culture on the Internet
Par Justin Peters. 2016
Journalist examines the life and advocacy of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013), the history and future of copyright, data curation and archiving…
in the Internet age, the open access movement, and laws related to telecommunications and intellectual property. Discusses the at times competing philosophies behind these constructs. 2016Masters of empire: Great Lakes Indians and the making of America
Par Michael A. McDonnell. 2015
Historian profiles Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region, particularly the Anishinaabe Odawa, who populated the Straits of Mackinac…
in Michigan. Traces their history, alliances and rivalries, and prominent members, including Charles-Michel Mouet de Langlade, an active participant in the territorial wars of the 1700s. 2015The smart girl's guide to privacy: practical tips for staying safe online
Par Violet Blue. 2015
Investigative journalist discusses the hidden dangers in social media, dating websites, and apps that predators use to target women. Demonstrates…
how to protect yourself from identity theft and online stalkers, how to create safe profiles and block trackers, and more. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2015The sins of Brother Curtis: a story of betrayal, conviction, and the Mormon Church
Par Lisa Davis. 2011
Journalist Lisa Davis recounts how Mormon Sunday-school teacher Frank Curtis preyed on his young charges, even as he was protected…
by the church elders who knew of his behavior. She also describes events leading up to his crimes and the assembly of the case against his behavior. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Journalist recounts how, in 1920s Chicago, lawyer Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest $30 million (the equivalent of…
$400 million in the 2010s) in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells. Koretz vanished in 1923 when his scheme finally collapsed, but he was later found and sent to prison. 2015After Snowden: privacy, secrecy, and security in the information age
Par Barry Siegel, Jon Mills, Ronald Goldfarb, Hodding Carter III, Edward Wasserman, Tom Blanton, David D. Cole. 2015
Collection of six essays analyzing questions raised in the fallout of government surveillance revelations exposed by Edward Snowden. Topics include…
the role of the press, national security in the twenty-first century, consequences of revealing confidential information, responsibility for determination of state secrets, and more. 2015Checklist for my family: a guide to my history, financial plans, and final wishes
Par Sally Balch Hurme. 2015
The dark net: inside the digital underworld
Par Jamie Bartlett. 2015
Technology academic and columnist explores areas of the Internet that are havens for questionable activities. Examines the growth of the…
Internet from its earliest days, types of personalities who benefit from anonymity, and how the Internet is used outside the public eye. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2014Using a wealth of new evidence, Anderson revisits the murder of fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till from Chicago. In 1955, Emmett…
was visiting Mississippi relatives when he was killed for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Discusses the trial, the acquittal by a white jury, the five-decades-later autopsy, and Emmett's legacy. Some violence. 2015Poison candy: the murderous Madam: inside Dalia Dippolito's plot to kill
Par Mark Ebner, Elizabeth Parker. 2014
Prosecutor's account of the events surrounding the 2011 trial of a young former prostitute who attempted to have her husband…
killed. Describes how a Florida policeman posed as the hitman and how a television show filmed Dalia Dippolito's reaction to the fake murder scene. Some strong language. 2014An indigenous peoples' history of the United States (ReVisioning American history #3)
Par Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 2014
A history of the United States exploring the perspective of its indigenous peoples. Dunbar-Ortiz analyzes how native tribes actively resisted…
national expansion and examines the systematic destruction of the lives and cultures of the native civilizations present in North America before European colonization. Violence. 2014One of us: the story of Anders Breivik and the massacre in Norway
Par Asne Seierstad, Sarah Death, Åsne Seierstad. 2015
Author of The Bookseller of Kabul (DB 57814) details the life of Anders Breivik, who detonated a bomb outside the…
prime minister's office in Oslo, Norway, and then proceeded to gun down sixty-nine attendees of a youth camp in July 2011. Discusses the country's reaction. Translated from the 2013 Norwegian edition. Violence. 2013Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System, Fourth Edition
Par Jay M. Feinman. 2014
Law professor provides overview of information typically taught during the first year of law school. Using well-known cases to illustrate…
his points, Feinman discusses, among other things, constitutional law, the litigation process, personal injury and tort law, contracts, and criminal and property laws. 2014Editor-in-chief of Truthdig Robert Scheer discusses the widespread surveillance of the general public conducted by corporations and government agencies and…
condemns the erosion of privacy rights. He argues that the information revolution, despite its positive elements, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state. 2015Data and Goliath: the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world
Par Bruce Schneier. 2015
Computer security expert details the state of data analysis in the twenty-first century, including the ways it is generated and…
collected, as well as how to protect it. He examines the entities collecting data, the ways data is analyzed, and the predictions it can make. 2015Lincoln's greatest case: the river, the bridge, and the making of America
Par Brian McGinty. 2015
Before his tenure as president, Lincoln spent nearly a quarter century as a lawyer. McGinty details what became the most…
consequential trial in Lincoln's career, the case of the steamboat Effie Afton, which affected the future of transportation in America and cemented Lincoln's reputation. 2015To build and retain business, Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas mines customer data, tracking what customers like to play, what…
foods they enjoy, when they prefer to visit, and more. Many companies have adopted this model to remain competitive, but Tanner examines both the benefits and the destructive nature of this practice. 2014