The trial in American life

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Traces both the legal implications and the cultural ripples of prominent American legal battles. This title brings together newspaper accounts, and the work of such writers as Emerson and Thoreau to show what happens when courtrooms are forced to cope with communal anxieties and make legal decisions that change how America thinks about itself.

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