LEADER 04116nam 22005893 450 001 9910826610903321 005 20230804181526.0 010 $a9781623499792$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781623499785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6916937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6916937 035 $a(CKB)21391670200041 035 $a(OCoLC)1303666010 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100086 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921391670200041 100 $a20220314d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTexas People's Court $eThe Fascinating World of the Justice of the Peace 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCollege Station :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (311 pages) 225 1 $aThe Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy 311 08$aPrint version: Dunn, Mark Texas People's Court College Station : Texas A&M University Press,c2022 9781623499785 327 $aHuman drama, Texas-style -- Butcher, baker, candlestick maker, uber driver -- Sue me, sue me, what can you do me? -- Bag and baggage -- A jury of their peers -- Dead reckoning -- I'm blessed that i don't dream about them -- What's happening in JP court is downright criminal -- Juvenile justice -- Gettin' hitched -- To hitch or not to hitch -- Four-footed constituents -- Forward and in sensible shoes (sometimes boots). With spangles -- In God some of us trust -- Brain, heart, and nerve -- In the opinion of the court -- Disrespecting the robe -- Goin' rogue -- Just a member of the community -- And in conclusion, your honor. Let's wrap this up. 330 $a"From 1983 to 1987, author Mark Dunn worked as a court clerk for a justice of the peace in Travis County, Texas, where, he says, "I learned more about human nature . . . than I could have learned in any other job I might have taken up as a bushy-tailed kid from Tennessee." Based on interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court promises to take readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating. Here in the Texas justice court, wrongs can be righted and lives changed in profound ways. A priceless family necklace might finally be restored to the rightful owner; an occupational driver's license fortuitously granted. A death inquest may become an opportunity for family reflection and valediction, with the attending judge as sympathetic witness. In each of its chapters, Texas People's Court takes up a different aspect, duty, or area of thought related to the profession of justice of the peace taken from conversations with JPs throughout the state of Texas-from those who serve in its most populous municipalities to rural county JPs-putting a human face on the responsibilities, attitudes, and perspectives that motivate their judgments. The result is a thoroughly entertaining, sympathetic view of what Dunn calls "the day-to-day observation of human conflict in microcosm.""--$cProvided by publisher. 410 4$aThe Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy 606 $aSmall claims courts$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01121402 606 $aJustices of the peace$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00985226 606 $aJudicial process$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00984705 606 $aJudicial process$zTexas$vCases 606 $aSmall claims courts$zTexas 606 $aJustices of the peace$zTexas 607 $aTexas$2fast 615 7$aSmall claims courts. 615 7$aJustices of the peace. 615 7$aJudicial process. 615 0$aJudicial process 615 0$aSmall claims courts 615 0$aJustices of the peace 676 $a347.764/016 700 $aDunn$b Mark$01666699 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910826610903321 996 $aTexas People's Court$94026086 997 $aUNINA