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UNINA9910786643503321 |
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Compton Jethro |
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The man who shot Liberty Valance / / Jethro Compton ; based on the short story by Dorothy M. Johnson |
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London : , : Oberon Books, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (151 p.) |
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Outlaws - West (U.S.) |
Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.) |
Revenge |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Park Threatre; Characters; Contents; Prologue - The Funeral of Bert Barricune - 1910; Scene One - Ransome Foster Arrives in Twotrees - 1890; Scene Two - The First School West of Barrel Canyon; Scene Three - Hallie and Foster Ride to Longacre; Act One; Scene One - The Reverend is Dead - 1890; Scene Two - 'A Necessary End'; Scene Three - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Epilogue - Blossoms of the Prickly Pear. 1910.; Act Two |
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Journey into the Wild West, 1890, in this classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance. A tale of love, hope and revenge set against the vicious backdrop of a lawless society. When a young scholar from New York City travels west in search of a new life he arrives beaten and half-dead on the dusty streets of Twotrees. Rescued from the plains, the town soon becomes his home. A local girl gives him purpose in a broken land, but is it enough to save him from the vicious outlaw who wants him dead? He mus |
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UNINA9910790011803321 |
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Ward Artemus <1971-> |
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Sorcerers' Apprentices [[electronic resource] ] : 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court / / Artemus Ward and David L. Weiden |
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New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2006] |
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©2006 |
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0-8147-9474-2 |
0-8147-8464-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (351 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Judicial process - United States |
Law clerks - United States - History |
Law clerks - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index. |
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The institutionalization of the Supreme Court law clerk -- A great ordeal : selecting Supreme Court law clerks -- The junior court : deciding to decide -- Decision making : mission-inspired crusaders? -- Opinion writing : from research assistants to junior justices -- Sorcerers' apprentices. |
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Law clerks have been a permanent fixture in the halls of the United States Supreme Court from its founding, but the relationship between clerks and their justices has generally been cloaked in secrecy. While the role of the justice is both public and formal, particularly in terms of the decisions a justice makes and the power that he or she can wield in the American political system, the clerk has historically operated behind closed doors. Do clerks make actual decisions that they impart to justices, or are they only research assistants that carry out the instructions of the decision makers-th |
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