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The Dred Scott Decision
Bonnie L. Lukes
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1997)Traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court decision that defined the rights of slaves in the United States.
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Famous Trials - The Boston Massacre
Bonnie L. Lukes
Hardcover (Lucent Books, June 1, 1997)Tensions between the citizens of Boston and the unwanted British redcoats in their midst had been mounting for weeks when, taunted by Bostonian mobs, British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing six outright and fatally wounding two. The trial of the soldiers was called "The Boston Massacre."
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The Trial of Galileo
Don Nardo
Hardcover (Lucent Books, June 17, 2003)None
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Famous Trials - The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Bruce L. Brager
Hardcover (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1998)Although criticized as being more spectacle than legal proceeding, the trial of this Holocaust perpetrator attested to Israel's determination to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
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Famous Trials - The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Nathan Aaseng
Hardcover (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1999)William Jefferson Clinton was the first elected U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The debate over whether Clinton's affair with a White House intern was a constitutional violation that required removal from office or merely a moral issue is discussed in this book.
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The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
James Barter
Hardcover (Lucent, Jan. 7, 2005)Examines the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were convicted of murder after a controversial trial.
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Famous Trials - The Rosenberg Espionage Case
Francis Moss
Hardcover (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1999)Were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg spies, or merely victims of cold war hysteria? The trial, conviction and execution of the couple for conspiracy to commit espionage are depicted in this riveting story.
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping
Geoffrey A. Campbell
Library Binding (Lucent Books, April 22, 2003)Describes the kidnapping of Charlie, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, and discusses the search, the investigation into the child's death, leading to the arrest of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, and the Hauptmann's trial for murder.
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Famous Trials - Engel v. Vitale: Prayer in the Public Schools
Julia C. Loren
Hardcover (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 2000)The Supreme Court decision in the Engel v. Vitale case upheld the "Constitutional Wall of Separation" between church and state and shook deeply entrenched religious beliefs and practices out of the public school system. This landmark case marked the beginning of the end of religious practices of prayer and Bible reading sponsored by state funds on public school campuses.
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Famous Trials - Brown v. Board of Education
James Tackach
Hardcover (Lucent Books, June 1, 1997)The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education marked the beginning of the end of racial segregation in the United States. The Court demolished the legal foundation for racial segregation and served a moral indictment to America.
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Furman V. Georgia
William McLane
Hardcover (Lucent Books, June 5, 2001)A judicial campaign to end the death penalty, led by the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, culminated with this 1972 Supreme Court case. Presented are Furman's murder trial, the Fund's legal strategy, an account of the differing opinions of the nine justices, and the judgments following Furman that limited new death penalty laws.
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The Trial of Socrates
Don Nardo
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1997)Presents a biographical sketch of this fourth-century Greek philosopher before focusing on his trial and conviction and its legacy.
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