Sebastian Franklin ha atteso molto tempo per diventare responsabile di sala del Café Belgie, ma il primo giorno del suo incarico, quando Darryl, il suo capo, è in vacanza, si rivela un fallimento. Il ristorante viene rapinato prima...
Judges
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary: -
Author:Backhouse, ConstanceSummary:Bertha Wilson and Claire L'Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and...
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Author:McLachlin, BeverleySummary:Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, offers a look at her life and shares her insights into the most pressing legal and social questions we face today. As a young girl, Beverley McLachlin's world was...
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Author:Baker, G. Blaine, Janda, RichardSummary:Gerald Le Dain (1924-2007) was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984. This collectively written biography traces fifty years of his steady, creative, and conciliatory involvement with military service, the legal academy,...
- Author:Kanefield, TeriSummary:
When Thurgood Marshall-the great-grandson of a slave-was born, African Americans were denied equal rights in America. Segregation was legal. Lynching was common. In some places, African Americans were entirely excluded from public life...
- Author:Bowen, GailSummary:
Joanne's sunny world is shattered when she learns that her daughter has found the corpse of a young woman in the alley near her store, and her son's girlfriend is drowned in a lake in Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle Valley...
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Author:Prindle, SandySummary:The Sins of Tarrant County takes you on a journey into the world of people's court with an edge-of-your-seat action thriller. As the drama unfolds, you will be unwilling to put the book down. Judge Ray Sterrett runs a busy court, raises...
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Author:McInnes, CraigSummary:An in-depth look at the life and career of retired judge and conflict-of-interest commissioner Ted Hughes, whose unflinching integrity earned him the reputation as Canada’s moral compass.Throughout his sixty-year career, Ted Hughes has...
- Author:Hall, KermitSummary:
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution. Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions.
- Author:Swan, RichardSummary:
Action, intrigue, and magic collide in this epic fantasy following Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor's Justice, who is a detective, judge, and executioner all in one—but with rebellion and unrest building, these are dangerous times to be a...
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER -Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect-a sitting judge-in "one of the best crime reads of the year. - Bristling with high-tech detail and...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown-and ends up in jail herself.In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the...
- Author:Desai, KiranSummary:
Himalayas, 1986. Retired judge Jemubhai Patel lives with his cook and sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Sai. An Indian-Nepalese insurgency makes Jemubhai confront his past and interrupts Sai's romance with her Nepali tutor. Meanwhile...
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Author:Gulik, Robert Hans vanSummary: -
Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:Three former judges are in prison. They call themselves the Brethren and organize a pen-pal scam. The money is pouring in But then the Brethren contact the wrong pen-pal - a powerful... man with dangerous friends.
- Author:Estleman, Loren D.Summary:
Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals. But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a...
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
Slander is set in rainy, foggy Seattle. The narrator, Liz Finnegan, is a brash, bright, petite women’s rights lawyer. She’s 26, and a defender of abortion clinics (they’re being bombed by “Christian” rednecks), abused women,...
- Author:Craig, Wallace GilbySummary:
The author recounts with warmth, humour and insight, his journey from the family shack in Vancouver to a downtown law practice and twenty-six years on the bench of the Vancouver criminal division of the provincial court. He has observed...
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Author:Grey, AndrewSummary:Sebastian Franklin ha esperado mucho tiempo para demostrar su valía como encargado del comedor del Café Belgie, pero su primera noche en el cargo mientras Darryl, su jefe, está de vacaciones, no es precisamente un éxito. Atracan el...
- Author:Bell, NancySummary:
Jackson Crain is a widowed county judge living in a quiet Texas town with his quirky 13-year-old daughter. When his deceased wife's sister is found dead, all signs point to her husband, who's rumored to be sleeping around. But Crain...
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