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The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

Michael J Klarman

Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman’s The Framers’ Coup narrates how the Framers’ clashing interests shaped the Constitution-and American history itself.

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From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

Michael J. Klarman (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)

Same-sex marriage, a politically and culturally untenable idea only a quarter century ago, has become one of the most controversial issues in American life. If most young people support gay…

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From the Closet to the Altar: Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage

Michael J. Klarman (Professor of Law, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)

If most young people support gay marriage, and if there are clear indicators that a majority of the population will support it in the very near future, why is the…

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Unfinished Business: Racial Equality in American History

Professor of Law Michael J Klarman (Harvard Law School)

Michael J. Klarman, author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights, which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize in American History, is one of the leading authorities on the history of…

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The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

Michael J. Klarman (Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard University)

Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices…

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The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

Michael J. Klarman (Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School)

Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices…

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Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement

Michael J. Klarman (James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History, James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History, University of Virginia)

Introduction. 1. The Jim Crow Era. 2. World War II. 3. Brown v. Board of Education. 4. Brown II and Subsequent Desegretaion Developments. 5. Brown’s Direct Effects. 6. Brown’s Indirect…

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Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement: Reading line: Abridged Edition of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

Michael J. Klarman (James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History, James Monroe Professor of Law and Professor of History, University of Virginia)

A splendid account of the Supreme Court’s rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the…

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From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality

Michael J. Klarman (James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History, James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History, University of Virginia)

A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court’s rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights offers an authoritative account of the causes and consequences of all of the Supreme…

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The Political Heart of Criminal Procedure: Essays on Themes of William J. Stuntz

Both as a tribute to Stuntz’s work and as a source of profound new insights, this book examines his role in the renaissance of criminal procedure as a cutting-edge discipline…

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The Political Heart of Criminal Procedure: Essays on Themes of William J. Stuntz

Both as a tribute to Stuntz’s work and as a source of profound new insights, this book examines his role in the renaissance of criminal procedure as a cutting-edge discipline…

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