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In the media storm that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005, nursing home owners Sal and Mabel Mangano were vilified for allegedly causing the deaths of 35 residents of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in low-lying St. Bernard Parish. This book, written by the lawyer who defended them, reveals the gripping, true story behind the couple’s heartrending decision not to evacuate and their persecution at the hands of the government sworn to protect them.
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This text provides a clear and concise view of current perspectives in school law and makes the all-important leap from theory to practice, with a focus on the day-to-day realities of school law. Subjects include student rights, teacher rights, tort action, power and authority, change, and conflict.
Domestic cases are on the rise nationwide, most notably those including divorce, abuse, and child support. In these hard times, it is essential to have a step-by-step guide to give insight into litigation processes. Louisiana Family Law Guide provides clear guidance for controlling your emotions, selecting an attorney, gathering important information, preparing for trial, and using preventive tactics to avoid abuse and parental kidnapping. Paperback.
Designed to allow residents to navigate a unique legal system, this is the only book on Louisiana law written for laymen. Frequently asked questions and a glossary of terms are also included. From buying a home to writing a will to starting a business, Louisiana residents will save time, money, and worry with this do-it-yourself guide that incorporates essential information.
Designed to allow residents to navigate a unique legal system, this is the only book on Louisiana law written for laymen. Frequently asked questions and a glossary of terms are also included.
The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren attempted to transfer the balance of American political power from elected representatives to “a coalition of restless, ambitious power-seekers on the liberal-left,” charges author John Denton Carter. The Warren Court and the Constitution: A Critical View of Judicial Activism contends that the appointment of Warren as chief justice in 1953 launched the Supreme Court on a 16-year orgy of unprecedented judicial activism.
In June 1892, a thirty-year-old shoemaker named Homer Plessy bought a first-class railway ticket from his native New Orleans to Covington, north of Lake Pontchartrain. The two-hour trip had hardly begun when Plessy was arrested and removed from the train. Though Homer Plessy was born a free man of color and enjoyed relative equality while growing up in Reconstruction-era New Orleans, by 1890 he could no longer ride in the same carriage with white passengers. Plessy’s act of civil disobedience was designed to test the constitutionality of the Separate Car Act, one of the many Jim Crow laws that threatened the freedoms gained by blacks after the Civil War. This largely forgotten case mandated separate-but-equal treatment and established segregation as the law of the land. It would be fifty-eight years before this ruling was reversed by Brown v. Board of Education. Hardcover.
In June 1892, a thirty-year-old shoemaker named Homer Plessy bought a first-class railway ticket from his native New Orleans to Covington, north of Lake Pontchartrain. The two-hour trip had hardly begun when Plessy was arrested and removed from the train. Though Homer Plessy was born a free man of color and enjoyed relative equality while growing up in Reconstruction-era New Orleans, by 1890 he could no longer ride in the same carriage with white passengers. Plessy’s act of civil disobedience was designed to test the constitutionality of the Separate Car Act, one of the many Jim Crow laws that threatened the freedoms gained by blacks after the Civil War. This largely forgotten case mandated separate-but-equal treatment and established segregation as the law of the land. It would be fifty-eight years before this ruling was reversed by Brown v. Board of Education.