For August we’re featuring a selection of books about famous trials of American history. From Colonial times onward there have been courtroom battles that have fascinated the American public and moved the legal system forward. In the 1700s the libel case of printer John Peter Zenger helped lead to greater freedom of the press. The 1800s saw significant murder trials such as those of John William Webster and Lizzie Borden. Twentieth century landmark trials include those of Alger Hiss for perjury and O.J. Simpson for murder. These cases and many others attracted great press attention in their day and continue to be the subjects of books and articles today.
In the Collection
And the walls came tumbling down : closing arguments that changed the way we live, from protecting free speech to winning women's suffrage to defending the right to die
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1085783?lang=eng
Inadmissible evidence : the story of the African-American trial lawyer who defended the Black Liberation Army
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1030188?lang=eng
Literary journalism on trial : Masson v. New Yorker and the First Amendment
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1128132?lang=eng
Clergy malpractice in America : Nally v. Grace Community Church of the Valley
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1142858?lang=eng
The Boston massacre
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1004392?lang=eng
The trial in American life
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1107093?lang=eng
Guilty, or not guilty : round-table discussion of a celebrated case, Com. vs. Russ, 232 Massachusetts reports 58
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1080032?lang=eng
Lizzie Borden : the untold story
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1144277?lang=eng
The Leo Frank case
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1021814?lang=eng
The disappearance of Dr. Parkman
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1006623?lang=eng
The treason trials of Aaron Burr
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1117307?lang=eng
America on trial : inside the legal battles that transformed our nation
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1085608?lang=eng
Ten great American trials : lessons in advocacy
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1143397?lang=eng
A civil action
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1020187?lang=eng
Bendectin on trial : a study of mass tort litigation
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1109849?lang=eng
Broken justice : a true story of race, sex and revenge in a Boston courtroom
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1115138?lang=eng
The Chicago conspiracy trial
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1121952?lang=eng
Sacco and Vanzetti : the men, the murders, and the judgment of mankind
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1109686?lang=eng
The trials of Lenny Bruce : the fall and rise of an American icon
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1089007?lang=eng
Whitey on trial : secrets, corruption, and the search for truth
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1137770?lang=eng
The run of his life : the People v. O.J. Simpson
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029564?lang=eng
Trial by jury
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029563?lang=eng
Law : a treasury of art and literature
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1145837?lang=eng
A triumph of genius : Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak patent war
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1140578?lang=eng
Perjury : the Hiss-Chambers case
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1021719?lang=eng
Ghost dancing the law : the Wounded Knee trials
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1029787?lang=eng
High crimes and misdemeanors : the impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1118261?lang=eng
The Salem witchcraft trials : a legal history
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1030257?lang=eng
Six women of Salem : the untold story of the accused and their accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1137692?lang=eng