TY - BOOK AU - Duignan,Brian AU - DeCarlo,Carolyn TI - The judicial branch: evaluating and interpreting laws T2 - Checks and balances in the U.S. government SN - 9781538301692 AV - KF8720 .J835 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, New York PB - Britannica Educational Publishing, in association with Rosen Educational Services KW - Courts KW - United States KW - Juvenile literature KW - Civil rights KW - Law KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1799249&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -