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Al-Tounsi : a novel / Anton Piatigorsky.
- Title
- Al-Tounsi : a novel / Anton Piatigorsky.
- Author
- Piatigorsky, Anton, 1972-
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Ankerwycke / American Bar Association, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9199.3.P479 A48 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 359 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "[This novel]...tells the behind-the-scenes story of U.S. Supreme Court justices as they consider a landmark case involving the rights of detainees held in a Guantanamo Bay-like overseas military base. The novel explores in detail how the personal life dramas, career rivalries, and political sympathies of these legal titans blend with their philosophies to create the most important legal decisions of our time."--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- Fiction
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- PART 1: CERTIORARI; 1. THE CAT; 2. WHAT WOULD BRANDEIS DO?; 3. ORIGINAL SIN; 4. AD OUT; PART 2: ARGUMENT; 5. THE UNITARY EXECUTIVE; 6. A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL; 7. SOVEREIGNTY; PART 3: OPINION OF THE COURT; 8. ODD PAIRINGS; 9. INTERMISSION; 10. TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS; AFTERWORD -- THE CONCURRING OPINION OF JUSTICE RODNEY SYKES.
- ISBN
- 9781634256094
- 1634256093
- OCLC
- 953223672
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library