Her Honor: My Life on the Bench.What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It
Language: English
Published by Celadon Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY, 2021
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Cordell, LaDoris Hazzard. HER HONOR: My Life on the Bench. What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It. New York: Celadon Books, 2021. First edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Judge Cordell was the first Black woman to serve on the bench in Northern California, spending two decades on the Santa Clara County Superior Court. HER HONOR is a candid account of her most difficult cases — juvenile court, domestic violence, sentencing — paired with a practical agenda for judicial reform. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight.
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- Title
- Her Honor: My Life on the Bench.What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It
- Author
- Cordell, LaDoris Hazzard
- Publisher
- Celadon Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1250269601
- ISBN 13
- 9781250269607
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.151 pounds
- Dimensions
- 6.27 inches width by 9.05 inches height by 1.2 inches depth
In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts.
Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible.
Her Honor is an entertaining and provocative look into the hearts and minds of judges. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into the courtroom during jury selection and sentencing hearings. She uses real cases to highlight how judges make difficult decisions, all the while facing outside pressures from the media, law enforcement, lobbyists, and the friends and families of the people involved.
Cordells candid account of her years on the bench shines light on all areas of the legal system, from juvenile delinquency and the shift from rehabilitation to punishment, along with the racial biases therein, to the thousands of plea bargains that allow our overburdened courts to stay afloatas long as innocent people are willing to plead guilty. There are tales of marriages and divorces, adoptions, and contested willssome humorous, others heartwarming, still others deeply troubling.
Her Honor is for anyone whos had the good or bad fortune to stand before a judge or sit on a jury. It is for true-crime junkies and people who vote in judicial elections. Most importantly, this is a book for anyone who wants to know what our legal system, for better or worse, means to the everyday lives of all Americans.
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