Historical dictionary of the U.S. Supreme Court / Artemus Ward, Christopher Brough, Robert Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Artemus, 1971- author.

Brough, Christopher (Christopher B.), author.

Arnold, Robert (Graduate student), author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of U.S. history and politics.

Historical dictionaries of U.S. politics and political eras

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court--Dictionaries.

United States.

United States. Supreme Court--History.

United States. Supreme Court.

Genre:

History.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (687 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Other Title:

Historical dictionary of the United States Supreme Court

Historical dictionary of the US Supreme Court

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The US Supreme Court is an institution that operates almost totally behind closed doors. This book opens those doors by providing a comprehensive look at the justices, procedures, cases, and issues over the institution's more than 200-year history. The Court is a legal institution born from a highly politicized process. Modern justices time their departures to coincide with favorable administrations and the confirmation process has become a highly-charged political spectacle played out on television and in the national press. Throughout its history, the Court has been at the center of the most

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Editor�s Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""THE DICTIONARY""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Appendix C""; ""Appendix D""; ""Appendix E""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-41945-7

0-8108-7521-7

OCLC:

914230691