Court TV and the American Lawyer, Editors of, THE COURT TV CRADLE-TO-GRAVE LEGAL SURVIVAL GUIDE, Little Brown & Co., New York, 1995, Answers hundreds of questions about legal quandaries of every size and shape, on ownership and rental, marriage and divorce, child rearing, taxes, personal finance, will, births and deaths.  504 pages

Cox, Archibald, THE COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987--A description of how the Court has kept the Constitution a vital, creative instrument. 434 pages

Crovitz, L.G. & Rabkin, J.A., THE FETTERED PRESIDENCY: LEGAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, American Enterprise Inst. Paperbound Pub., Washington DC, 1989. Essays by contributors including Elliot Abrams, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Richard Perle and Caspar Weinberger explore how congressional micromanaging has restricted the powers of the presidency. 335 pages

Esperti and Peterson, THE LIVING TRUST REVOLUTION, Viking Pub. Why America is abandoning wills and probate. 478 pages

Fingarette , Herbert & Ann Hasse, MENTAL DISABILITIES AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, Univ of CA Press, Berkeley, CA 1979--Proposes a fundamental new approach to the current multitude of criminal law defenses in which guilt is lessened because the mind is disabled by insanity, diminshed capacity, drug addiction, trauma, Twinkies and more. 321pages

Forman, Deborah L., EVERY PARENTS’S GUIDE TO THE LAW, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998, Provides today’s parents the right tool to anticipate and solve family legal questions. Covers custody and visitation, child support, child abuse and neglect issues, as well as adoption, single and gay parent topics. 408 pages

Franklin, Daniel, EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, Univ of Pittsburgh Press, 1991--Examines the exercise of prerogative powers in all three branches of the federal government to assess the constitutionality of these powers. 172 pages

Gabriel, Michael Lynn, A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE LAW: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW--IN ONE VOLUME, New York, Citadel Press, 1993--An accessible, incyclopedic guide that synthesizes legal codes into lucid practical concepts, covering everything from landlord-tenant relations to divorce, income taxes, bankruptcy, disability benefits, estate planning, and small claims court. 503 pages

Gitenstein, Mark, MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, Simon & Schuster, 1992--Explores the rejection of Robert Bork as nominee to the Supreme Court. 368 pages

Huber, Peter, LIABILITY: THE LEGAL REVOLUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, Basic Books--Describes the transformation of modern tort law since the 1960s and shows how the dramatic increase in liability lawsuits has had an adverse effect on safety, health, the cost of insurance and individual rights. 260 pages

Jones & Uelmen, SUPREME FOLLY, Norton Pub.--A legal education disguised as an assortment of unintentionally hilarious courtroom incidents, all real-- laughable exchanges, bizarre incriminating evidence, irrepressible technicalities, and much more. 205 pages

Mayer & Abramson, STRANGE JUSTICE: THE SELLING OF CLARENCE THOMAS, Houghton Mifflin 406 pages

McGuigan, and Weyrich, NINTH JUSTICE: THE FIGHT FOR BORK, Free Congress--The story of the determined conservative activists who labored for the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Reagan's nominee, especially the efforts of Patrick B. McGuigan and Daniel L. Casey. 326 pages

Nagel, Robert, CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURES: THE MENTALITY AND CONSEQUENCES OF JUDICIAL REVIEW, Univ of CA Press, 1989-- The author claims we invoke generalities like freedom of speech and separation of powers to help resolve specific problems that range from nude dancing to reducing the federal budget. 232 pages

Neier, Aryeh, ONLY JUDGMENT: THE LIMITS OF LITIGATION IN SOCIAL CHANGE, Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1982

Rossum, Ralph A. and Tarr, G. Alan, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CASES AND INTERPRETATION,New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1987

Sells, Benjamin; Moore, Thomas; THE SOUL OF THE LAW: UNDERSTANDING LAWYERS AND THE LAW, Benjamin L. Sells, Element Books, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1994- Why do lawyers have the highest suicide rate and the highest alcoholism rate of all professionals? What's happened to truth, justice and the American way? Written by an attorney and psychotherapist who counsels lawyers, this book explains what's gone wrong, why, and what can be done about it.   190 pages 

Sexton, John and Brandt, Nat, HOW FREE ARE WE? WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS WE CAN AND CANNOT DO, New York, M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1986--Tackles the comples issue of how the Constitution affects our everyday lives from the bedroom to the workplace to the voting booth. Q & A format. 268 pages

Shapiro, Martin, THE SUPREME COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES, The Free Press, New York, 1968--an analysis of the relationship between the Court and the agencies. The author attempts to determine whether judicial review of administrative decisions has any useful function. 280 pages

Simon, James, THE ANTAGONISTS: HUGO BLACK, FELIX FRANKFURTER AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN MODERN AMERICA, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1989--Skillfully illuminates the passionate disagreements between Frankfurter, ACLU member and advocate of judicial restraint, and Black, judicial activist, liberal leader and ex-Klansman, transformed court and nation. 312 pages

Singer, Harry The Foundation, RESPONSIBILITY, WHO HAS IT AND WHO DOESN'T AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE NATION, Wellington, CA 1994 Focuses on outrageous lawsuits and the need for individual responsibility and tort reform. Examples are taken from the essays submitted to the Foundation by more than a thousand high school students across the country. Paperback, 112 pages.

Urofsky, Melvin, A CONFLICT OF RIGHTS: THE SUPREME COURT AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Scribners, 1991--A lucid and engrossing account of the 1988 case of Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, a landmark decision that meant employers could voluntarily adopt hiring and promotion goals to benefit women and minorities. 270 pages

Ventura, John, THE WILL KIT, Dearborn Financial Publishing, Chicago, IL, 1996 – Shows you how to control who inherits your money, ensure your children’s financial and emotional futures and teaches you how a living will can save you money and preserve your dignity. Soft cover, 228 pages

White, Daniel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS: AN ANTHONOLOGY OF APPEALING LEGAL HUMOR, Penguin--Contributions from over a hundred writers, poets, artists, judges, lawyers and assorted professionals offer an irreverent and hilarious look at the world of lawyers and justice. 300 pages

Williams, Edward Bennett, ONE MAN'S FREEDOM, Atheneum, NYC, 1977, A collection of stories woven into an argument for the freedoms protected by the American Constitution. A careful study of civil rights and the place of the individual in American society. 344 pages

Wortman, Marlene Stein, WOMEN IN AMERICAN LAW: VOLUME ONE, FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE NEW DEAL, Holmes & Meier Pub., A landmark anthology of legal materials on women over three centuries, including judicial cases, statutes, administrative rulings, legal treatises, contracts, wills and legislative reports. 421 pages

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