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SWORD AND THE SCALES - A TELEVISION SERIES

NCJ Number
34202
Author(s)
J C ALEXANDER
Date Published
1974
Length
200 pages
Annotation
A TELEVISION SERIES ABOUT THE UNITED STATES JUDICIARY SYSTEM THAT DESCRIBES PAST AND CURRENT ASPECTS OF AMERICAN JUDICATURE AND LAW.
Abstract
INCLUDED IS A COMPLETE FILMSCRIPT, 'FIRE OUT OF THE ROCK: THE CASE OF CLARENCE EARL GIDEON,' 1963, A DETAILED OUTLINE OF THIS SCRIPT, A DETAILED OUTLINE OF 'CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION: THE HOMER S. CUMMINGS STORY,' C. 1924, AND SUMMARY OUTLINES OF 11 OTHER EPISODES: THE TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER (1735); MARBURY V. MADISON (1803); THE IMPEACHMENT OF ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SAMUEL CHASE (1805); THE TRIAL OF AARON BURR (1807); THE PARKMAN MURDER CASE (1849); SLAVERY AND THE COURT: DRED SCOTT AND THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAWS (1857); THE MORMAN POLYGAMY TRIALS (C. 1875-1880S); THE TRIAL OF CHARLES GUITEAU (1882); YICK WO V. HOPKINS (1886); STEPHEN J. FIELD (C. 18481890); AND MAPP, ESCOBEDO, MIRANDA: A TRILOGY OF CASES (1961-1966). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)