Texas People's Court The Fascinating World of the Justice of the Peace /
"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 in...
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | The Texas experience
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| 505 | 0 | |a Human 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. | |
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