Success without victory
Subtitle: lost legal battles and the long road to justice in America
By: Jules Lobel.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Law -- United States -- Anecdotes.; Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects.; Political activists -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-307) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : losers, fools, and prophets; title: Can law stop war? The constitution and Iraq; title: A tradition of resistance : anti-slavery litigators and the fight for freedom; title: "A fine agitation" : women's suffrage goes to court; title: Plessy v. Ferguson : the fool's last battle; title: Plant closing litigation : "Youngstown sure died hard"; title: Politics versus law : were travelers to Cuba trading with the enemy?; title: Challenging United States intervention in Central America; title: End of an era : fighting U.S. action in Kosovo.