{"title":"Peter Irons","description":"\u003cp\u003ePETER H. IRONS is an Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and the author of numerous books on the U.S. Supreme Court and constitutional litigation. His recent books include \u003cem\u003eThe Steps to the Supreme Court\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJim Crow’s Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA People’s History of the Supreme Court\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrons has received five Silver Gavel Awards from the American Bar Association. In 1988 he was chosen as the first Raoul Wallenberg Distinguished Visiting Professor of Human Rights at Rutgers University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Irons works as a civil rights attorney and political activist. This engagement with constitutional law and civil rights runs throughout his books, which examine landmark Supreme Court cases and the promise of legal equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Irons’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-steps-to-the-supreme-court","title":"The Steps to the Supreme Court: A Guided Tour of the American Legal System","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA guide to the American legal system, told through the story of two actual court cases\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Steps to the Supreme Court\u003c\/i\u003e takes a lively, narrative approach to the subject by following two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system all the way up to the Supreme Court. Written by a member of the Supreme Court bar, this book brings the legal system to life in a practical, accessible, and compelling way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers the key legal terms, principles, and processes you need to have a basic grasp of the American legal system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTracks the criminal case involving the murder trial of Paul House and follows the defendant from the night of the murder through his conviction, appeals, and final chance for exoneration at the hands of the Supreme Court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollows a civil case concerning the Ten Commandments being displayed on public property, following the parties from the time the plaintiffs filed their complaints through the Supreme Court decisions and back to the aftermath in the lower courts as they wrestle with a divided complex ruling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by the author of \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the Supreme Court\u003c\/i\u003e, and other classic works on the American justice system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/111811499X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781118114995\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Peter Irons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43282888753368,"sku":"9781118114995","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781118114995_FC_mockup_v2_1740148606_3ef45125-8bcb-4c4e-87c3-56182fb3ca49.jpg?v=1791048597"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-peter-irons.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}