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The Supreme Court / Lawrence Baum.
LIBRA KF8742 .B35 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baum, Lawrence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Courts of last resort.
- Courts of last resort--United States.
- Judicial review--United States.
- Judicial review.
- Physical Description:
- x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Eighth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- This authoritative introduction to the nation's highest judicial body describes the Court's personalities and workings, deliving deeply to explain the actions of the Court and the behavior of justices. Through Baum's straightforward yet lively prose, students begin to understand the Court's complexity and reach. In this eighth complexity and reach. In this eighth edition, Baum gives careful consideration to recent decisions of import, including the implications of Bush v. Gore, the controversy surrounding the use of affirmative action in college admissions, and the growing set of decision that limit powers of the federal government.
- Contents:
- The Court
- The justices
- The cases
- Decision making
- Policy outputs
- The Court's impact.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1568028156
- OCLC:
- 52728780
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