A book of legal lists : the best and worst in American law, with 100 court and judge trivia questions / Bernard Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Bernard, 1923-1997.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States--Miscellanea.

Law.

Law--United States--Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who are the top ten greatest Supreme Court Justices of all time? Who are the worst ten? Which Supreme Court decision helped lead to the Civil War? What are the ten greatest and worst Supreme Court decisions? What are the ten best courtroom movies? Who was the last to use the Supreme Court spittoon? Who was the first Justice to wear trousers beneath his Supreme Court robes?. From John Marshall, the greatest Supreme Court Justice, to Alfred Moore, one of the worst, Bernard Schwartz's A Book of

Contents:

Contents; 1 Ten Greatest Supreme Court Justices; 2 Ten Worst Supreme Court Justices; 3 Ten Greatest Supreme Court Decisions; 4 Ten Worst Supreme Court Decisions; 5 Ten Greatest Dissenting Opinions; 6 Ten Greatest Supreme Court ""Might Have Beens""; 7 Ten Greatest Non-Supreme Court Judges; 8 Ten Greatest Non-Supreme Court Decisions; 9 Ten Worst Non-Supreme Court Decisions; 10 Ten Greatest Law Books; 11 Ten Greatest Lawyers; 12 Ten Greatest Trials; 13 Ten Greatest Legal Motion Pictures

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

1-280-76103-2

0-19-802694-3

OCLC:

435911877