Author: Oregon. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon
Author: Oregon. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States
Author: United States. Court of ClaimsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions
Author: Kermit L. HallPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195139240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
In Democracy in America, De Tocqueville observed that there is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Two hundred years of American history have certainly borne out the truth of this remark. Whether a controversy is political,economic, or social, whether it focuses on child labor, slavery, prayer in public schools, war powers, busing, abortion, business monopolies, or capital punishment, eventually the battle is taken to court. And the ultimate venue for these vital struggles is the Supreme Court. Indeed, the SupremeCourt is a prism through which the entire life of our nation is magnified and illuminated, and through which we have defined ourselves as a people. Now, in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, readers have a rich source of information about one of the central institutions of American life. Everything one would want to know about the Supreme Court is here, in more than a thousand alphabetically arranged entries.There are biographies of every justice who ever sat on the Supreme Court (with pictures of each) as well as entries on rejected nominees and prominent judges (such as Learned Hand), on presidents who had an important impact on--or conflict with--the Court (including Thomas Jefferson, AbrahamLincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt), and on other influential figures (from Alexander Hamilton to Cass Gilbert, the architect of the Supreme Court Building). More than four hundred entries examine every major case that the court has decided, from Marbury v. Madison (which established the Court'spower to declare federal laws unconstitutional) and Scott v. Sandford (the Dred Scott Case) to Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In addition, there are extended essays on the major issues that have confronted the Court (from slavery to national security, capital punishment to religion,from affirmative action to the Vietnam War), entries on judicial matters and legal terms (ranging from judicial review and separation of powers to amicus brief and habeas corpus), articles on all Amendments to the Constitution, and an extensive, four-part history of the Court. And as in all OxfordCompanions, the contributors combine scholarship with engaging insight, giving us a sense of the personality and the inner workings of the Court. They examine everything from the wanderings of the Supreme Court (the first session was held on the second floor of the Royal Exchange Building in NewYork City, and the Court at times has met in a Congressional committee room, a tavern, a rented house, and finally, in 1935, its own building), to the Jackson-Black Feud and the clouded resignation of Abe Fortas, to the Supreme Court's press room and the paintings and sculptures adorning the SupremeCourt building. The decisions of the Supreme Court have touched--and will continue to influence--every corner of American society. A comprehensive, authoritative guide to the Supreme Court, this volume is an essential reference source for everyone interested in the workings of this vital institution and inthe multitude of issues it has confronted over the course of its history.
Reports Containing the Cases Determined in All the Circuits from the Organization of the Courts
Author: United States Reports
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 2404
Book Description
Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Monthly List of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon
Author: Oregon. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Monthly Check-list of State Publications
Author: Library of Congress. Division of DocumentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
American Trade-mark Cases Decided by the Courts of the United States
Author: Benjamin PricePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description