Through its interpretations of the Constitution and Bill of Rights
Rev. ed. of: Landmark Supreme Court cases / Gary Hartman, Roy M. Mersky, and Cindy L. Tate. c2004.
And if you actually read it, well... your credibility and self-confidence will soar, and you'll start decisively winning all of those arguments on social media. (Just tell them you have the book!) Each featured case comes with historical ...
This casebook is the outcome of the P.A.T.C.H. Law Program of the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District in New York.
Learn about eighteen landmark Supreme Court cases, including Marbury v. Madison, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Brown v. Board of Education.
In offering thirteen famous dissents-from Marbury v. Madison and Brown v. Board of Education to Griswold v. Connecticut and Lawrence v.
The Landmark Supreme Court Cases series examines the court and some of its history-making decisions. Each book in the series investigates a landmark ruling and its compelling backstory, key players, and political climate.
The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 15th edition has been extensively revised to ensure that it ...
"The case descriptions in this book are drawn and updated from the second edition of Mauro's book, Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court, published in 2006 by CQ Press."--Page 7
Author of Opinion: Justice Kagan. Vote: 5-4. After an evening of drinking and drug use, Miller, accompanied by a friend, severely beat Miller's neighbor before setting fire to his trailer. The neighbor died. Miller was first charged as ...
With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions of the...