Essential Supreme Court Decisions

Essential Supreme Court Decisions
Author: John R. Vile
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1442203862

First published in 1954, this indispensable reference quickly became the gold standard for concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases. 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 remains the most up-to-date resource available. An essential resource for law students, lawyers, and everyone interested in our nation's Constitution and the Supreme Court decisions that explicate it.

Capital Punishment on Trial

Capital Punishment on Trial
Author: David M. Oshinsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN:

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Court's controversial and much-debated stance on capital punishment in the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia.

Free Press v. Fair Trial

Free Press v. Fair Trial
Author: Douglas S. Campbell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1993-09-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0313020469

This volume takes a historical approach in analyzing all of the major United States Supreme Court cases relevant to the conflict between a free press and fair trial. Campbell's thorough analysis, which relates 30 primary cases to each other and to nearly 70 associated supporting cases, consists of five parts: (1) legal backgrounds; (2) immediate historical circumstances giving rise to the cases; (3) complete summaries of all court opinions, concurring opinions, and dissenting opinions, often using the Justices' own words; (4) the Court's ruling; and (5) analysis of the significance of the cases.

Simple Justice

Simple Justice
Author: Richard Kluger
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 882
Release: 2011-08-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 030754608X

Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original interviews with surviving participants, Richard Kluger provides the fullest possible view of the human and legal drama in the years before 1954, the cumulative assaults on the white power structure that defended segregation, and the step-by-step establishment of a team of inspired black lawyers that could successfully challenge the law. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the unanimous Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation, Kluger has updated his work with a new final chapter covering events and issues that have arisen since the book was first published, including developments in civil rights and recent cases involving affirmative action, which rose directly out of Brown v. Board of Education.

The Great Decision

The Great Decision
Author: Cliff Sloan
Publisher: Public Affairs
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2009-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1586484265

Tells the riveting story of Marshall and of the landmark court case, Marbury v. Madison, through which he empowered the Supreme Court and transformed the idea of the separation of powers into a working blueprint for our modern state.