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Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States / David S. Tanenhaus, editor in chief.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Macmillan Reference USA, [(c)2008.]Description: 1 online resource (5 volumes (2659 pages)) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780028661292
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • KF874235
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Contents:
Volume 1. Introduction -- Preface -- Key to citations -- List of articles -- Thematic outline -- List of contributors -- Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states A - C -- Volume 2. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states D- I -- Volume 3. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states J -O -- Volume 4. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states P - S -- Volume 5. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states T - Z -- Chronology -- Primary sources -- List of justices -- Glossary -- Subject index -- Case index.
Summary: Focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the present. Overview essays address the history of such topics as citizenship, due process, Native Americans, racism, and contraception, emphasizing the social context of each and the social and political pressures that shaped interpretation.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Volume 1. Introduction -- Preface -- Key to citations -- List of articles -- Thematic outline -- List of contributors -- Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states A - C -- Volume 2. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states D- I -- Volume 3. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states J -O -- Volume 4. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states P - S -- Volume 5. Encyclopedia of the supreme court of the united states T - Z -- Chronology -- Primary sources -- List of justices -- Glossary -- Subject index -- Case index.

Focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the present. Overview essays address the history of such topics as citizenship, due process, Native Americans, racism, and contraception, emphasizing the social context of each and the social and political pressures that shaped interpretation.

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