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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
