Injustice for All: "Mapp vs. Ohio and the Fourth Amendment (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics) - Softcover

Machado Zotti, Priscilla H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820472670 ISBN 13: 9780820472676

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

With its original documents and extensive interviews, Injustice for All is an authentic voice for civil liberties and change and the consequences that result. The book details the historical, legal, and political significance of the famous search-and-seizure case Mapp v. Ohio. From the underworld of gambling in 1960s Cleveland to the chambers of the Warren Court justices, the obscenity case becomes the vehicle for implementing the exclusionary rule. Dollree Mapp, the police who searched her, and all the major participants are followed throughout the investigation. The private papers of the justices reveal the inner workings of the nation's highest court. This book is essential for anyone interested in civil liberties and the processes of government as well as students of criminal justice and constitutional law.

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About the Author:

Priscilla H. Machado Zotti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the United States Naval Academy. She received her B.A. in political science and history, her M.A. in political science from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and her Ph.D. in political science from The University of Texas at Austin.

Review:

“Priscilla H. Machado Zotti has done for Dollree Mapp what Anthony Lewis in «Gideon’s Trumpet» did for Clarence Gideon. A riveting tale, well told, of a landmark Supreme Court decision that will engage legal scholars and all interested in the law.”
David O’Brien, Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

“A riveting account of the drama behind one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most celebrated landmarks in criminal justice. Readers will discover a compelling cast of characters from the earnest cop to the streetwise moll to the contentious justices of the historic Warren Court―all brought to life by Zotti’s painstaking research and colorful descriptions.”
Barbara Perry, Carter Glass Professor and Chair, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0820472670
• ISBN 13: 9780820472676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 197