{"product_id":"texas-peoples-court-the-fascinating-world-of-the-justice-of-the-peace-hardcover","title":"Texas People's Court: The Fascinating World of the Justice of the Peace - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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, \u003ci\u003eTexas People's Court\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn each of its chapters, \u003ci\u003eTexas People's Court\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARK DUNN is a playwright, novelist, and freelance writer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His published works include the full-length plays \u003ci\u003eBelles, Five Tellers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJudge and Jury\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eElla Minnow Pea--\u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2001 Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction--and \u003ci\u003eQuizzing America: Television Game Shows and Popular Culture in the 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463275659442,"sku":"9781623499785","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0c0b0a9dbaf3b08783fe4c9334a318d1.webp?v=1778984718","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/texas-peoples-court-the-fascinating-world-of-the-justice-of-the-peace-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}