trials, litigation, etc

Examines the 1908 Supreme Court decision limiting a woman's workday to ten hours, offers a concise analysis of the effects of Muller v. Oregon in relation to women's rights, and provides a collection of documents including court decisions, briefs, and essays by Progressive-era reformers.

Presents the Florida and U.S. Supreme Court cases of November and December 2000 regarding the presidential election, along with more than sixty pieces of commentary written by journalists and scholars.

Helle Crafts had mysteriously disappeared. Herzog observed her dispassionate husband and skillfully recreated the hour-by-hour details of this grisly true-crime.

Offers a comprehensive analysis of the controversy surrounding the murder of Marilyn Sheppard in 1954 and the subsequent trial convicting her husband, the landmark Supreme Court decision that released him, his retrial, and his lawsuit against the state of Ohio for wrongful imprisonment.

A reconstruction of the Lizzie Borden trial, using testimony from edited transcripts of the trial, and during which the reader can assume the roles of judge and juror.

Tells the story of the 1925 trial that tested the constitutionality of the law that forbid the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools, and presents numerous primary source excerpts and photos.

Describes the 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case between the Hazelwood, Missouri school district and the students of the high school who claimed their First Amendment right to free speech had been violated when several articles of their newspaper were censored by the principal.

Examines the 1962 Supreme Court case which decided that official prayers in public schools are unconstitutional, and discusses the continuing debate over the separation of church and state.

Discusses the landmark case of Miranda v. Arizona, in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Ernest Miranda on charges of kidnapping and rape, ruling that police had failed to inform the man of his right against self-incrimination and setting the precedent for future arrests in the country.

Story of a young slave, Celia, who was sexually exploited by her master and ultimately executed for his murder.