The judicial branch :  evaluating and interpreting laws / 
edited by Brian Duignan and Carolyn DeCarlo. 
 - New York, New York :  Britannica Educational Publishing, in association with Rosen Educational Services,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (128 pages) :  illustrations (some color), color map, portraits. 
 - Checks and balances in the U.S. government .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The judiciary in perspective --  Judicial review --  Functions of courts --  Types of courts --  The Supreme Court of the United States --  Civil rights and the federal court --  Habeas corpus --  The legal concept of obscenity --  Privacy and reproductive rights --  Same-sex marriage and the law. 
<br/><br/> This book discusses the U.S. judicial branch at all levels, including the Supreme Court, state and circuit courts, courts of appeals, and all their individual functions. Discusses some of the pivotal cases tried by the judicial branch in the United States, such as Brown volume Board of Education and Roe volume Wade, and establishes the worth and importance of judges, juries, and lawyers to our nation's past and present. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781538301692 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Courts--United States--Juvenile literature.<br/>Civil rights--United States--Juvenile literature.<br/>Law--Interpretation and construction--United States--Juvenile literature.<br/>Justice, Administration of--United States--Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF8720  / .J835 2019