Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
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New York : New York University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N349.73/ 10
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
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-Closi...
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New York : New York University Press, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"American culture places an extremely high premium on success, and firmly equates it with winning. In politics, sports, business, and the courtroom, we have a passion to win and are terrified of losing." "Instead of viewing success and failure through such a rigid lens, Jules Lobel suggests that we move past the winner-take-all model and learn valu...
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Success without victory : lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America / Jules Lobel.
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Critical America.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N349.73/ 10
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74VK2PdjZrPX
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0814751121 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814751121 (cloth : alk. paper)
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349.73
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991017924819702626
