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03848aam a2200433 i 4500 001 51FBC93CDCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 210817s2022 txub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021040591 020 $a 162349978X 020 $a 9781623499785 035 $a (OCoLC)1256627966 040 $a TXA/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a KFT1720 $b .D86 2022 100 1 $a Dunn, Mark, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Texas People's Court : $b the fascinating world of the Texas justice of the peace / $c Mark Dunn. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a College Station : $b Texas A&M University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xviii, 288 pages : $b maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The Texas experience 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 520 $a "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 interviews with 200 justices of the peace from all parts of Texas, Texas People's Court promises to take readers on a tour of what it means to be a Texas justice of the peace: an experience that is by turns hilarious, sobering, heart-wrenching, and, from one end to the other, fascinating. Here in the Texas justice court, wrongs can be righted and lives changed in profound ways. A priceless family necklace might finally be restored to the rightful owner; an occupational driver's license fortuitously granted. A death inquest may become an opportunity for family reflection and valediction, with the attending judge as sympathetic witness. In each of its chapters, Texas People's Court takes up a different aspect, duty, or area of thought related to the profession of justice of the peace taken from conversations with JPs throughout the state of Texas-from those who serve in its most populous municipalities to rural county JPs-putting a human face on the responsibilities, attitudes, and perspectives that motivate their judgments. The result is a thoroughly entertaining, sympathetic view of what Dunn calls "the day-to-day observation of human conflict in microcosm.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Justices of the peace $z Texas. 650 0 $a Small claims courts $z Texas. 650 0 $a Judicial process $z Texas $v Cases. 650 7 $a Judicial process. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00984705 650 7 $a Justices of the peace. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00985226 650 7 $a Small claims courts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01121402 651 7 $a Texas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210336 655 7 $a Trials, litigation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423712 776 08 $i Online version: $a Dunn, Mark, 1956- $t Texas people's court $d College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021] $z 9781623499792 $w (DLC) 2021040592 830 0 $a Texas experience (Texas A & M University. Press) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517011010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51FBC93CDCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search