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The U. S. Supreme Court : a very short introduction / Linda Greenhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenhouse, Linda.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 306.
- Very short introductions ; 306
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts of last resort--United States.
- Courts of last resort.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- United States Supreme Court
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- For 30 years, Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really works.
- Contents:
- Origins
- The court at work (1)
- The justices
- The chief justice
- The court at work (2)
- The court and the other branches
- The court and the public
- The court and the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes web resources.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-42811-3
- 9786613428110
- 0-19-992127-X
- OCLC:
- 772845048
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