Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia By John W. Johnson
English | 2001 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0415930197 | PDF | 4,4 MB
Historic U.S. Court Cases offers 201 signed essays by political scientists, historians, and legal scholars that highlight major legal issues in five thematic areas: crime and criminal law; governmental organization, power, and procedure; economics and economic regulation; race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability; and civil liberties. Essays generally focus on one or two U.S. Supreme Court cases, although influential cases decided by lower federal courts, the colonial courts, and state courts are also covered.