American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award Winners

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Winners

	Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill 4.18 avg rating — 880 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2022)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws (Yale Law Library Series in Legal History and Reference) by William N. Eskridge 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration by Emily Bazelon (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,667 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History by John Fabian Witt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 212 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by Noah Feldman 4.15 avg rating — 1,772 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account by Steven T. Wax 4.03 avg rating — 71 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin 4.09 avg rating — 17,482 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power by Joseph Margulies 4.06 avg rating — 89 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America's Constitution: A Biography by Akhil Reed Amar 4.24 avg rating — 1,565 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste by Mark S. Weiner 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank by Steve Oney 4.05 avg rating — 412 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision by Peter Irons 4.09 avg rating — 100 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 by William Doyle 4.24 avg rating — 214 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism by Mark Curriden 4.23 avg rating — 361 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 by Taylor Branch 4.35 avg rating — 2,843 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren by Ed Cray 3.94 avg rating — 109 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of the Law: The People and Cases that Have Shaped Our Society, from King Alfred to Rodney King by Alfred H. Knight 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 15,774 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television, & the First Amendment by Newton N. Minow 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court by Rodney A. Smolla (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom by Stephen J. Adler 3.56 avg rating — 27 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crusaders in the Courts: Legal Battles of the Civil Rights Movement by Jack Greenberg 4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bill of Rights : A User's Guide by Linda R. Monk 4.36 avg rating — 75 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Votes Count: Political Empowerment in Mississippi After 1965 by Frank R. Parker liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut, Jr.: Politics and Power in a Small American City by J.L. Chestnut Jr. 4.13 avg rating — 83 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America by Ethan Bronner 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America by Teresa A. Sullivan 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chadha: The Story of an Epic Constitutional Struggle by Barbara Hinkson Craig really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miranda: Crime, Law and Politics by Liva Baker 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Groundwork: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle for Civil Rights by Genna Rae McNeil 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for Books (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars