Circuit

TitleCircuit
Year for Search1986
AuthorsSnodgrass, Melinda M[arilyn](b. 1951)
Date Published1986
PublisherBerkley Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Space law and courts in conflict with political power. The protagonist is a judge of space law who believes that justice rather than political power should determine decisions, which leads to an attempt to impeach him. See also her Circuit Breaker. New York: Berkley Books, 1987, which continues the same theme and the same protagonist with the focus on a conflict between the residents of Mars and a wealthy conglomerate; and Final Circuit. New York: Ace Books, 1988, in which the circuit court on which the protagonist sat has been disbanded, and his impeachment is ordered as war breaks out. 

Holding Institutions

DLC, Merril, MoU-St, PPT

Author Note

Female author (b. 1951).

Full Text

1986 Snodgrass, Melinda M[arilyn] (b. 1951). Circuit. New York: Berkley Books. DLC, Merril, MoU-St, PPT

Space law and courts in conflict with political power. The protagonist is a judge of space law who believes that justice rather than political power should determine decisions, which leads to an attempt to impeach him. See also her Circuit Breaker. New York: Berkley Books, 1987, which continues the same theme and the same protagonist with the focus on a conflict between the residents of Mars and a wealthy conglomerate; and Final Circuit. New York: Ace Books, 1988, in which the circuit court on which the protagonist sat has been disbanded, and his impeachment is ordered as war breaks out. Female author.