SWORD AND THE SCALES - A TELEVISION SERIES

• NCJ Number: 34202
• Author(s): J C ALEXANDER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 200 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-TA-99-1011; 74-4 (S74-21)
• Sponsoring Agency: Human Resources Research Organization
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc; Federal Judicial Ctr; Nelson Co
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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)