Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court / Joan Biskupic and Elder Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biskupic, Joan.

Contributor:

Witt, Elder.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 29 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Congressional Quarterly's guide to the U.S. Supreme Court

Guide to the US Supreme Court

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, [1997]

Summary:

No other reference on the U.S. Supreme Court offers so much detail and insight in so readable a format. This two-volume set includes more than 1,100 pages packed with all the information readers need from the Court's origins and how it functions, to the people who have shaped it and the impact of its decisions on American life

Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court's history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights, and liberties; and biographies of the justices. Decisions, changes, controversies and appointments and retirements through the July 1996 term are placed in the context of the Court's history.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Congressional Quarterly's guide to the U.S. Supreme Court / Elder Witt. 2nd ed. c1990.

Includes bibliographical references (volume 2, pages 1163-1172) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Related Work:

Witt, Elder. Congressional Quarterly's guide to the U.S. Supreme Court.

ISBN:

1568021305

1568022360

1568022379

OCLC:

34558038