American law yearbook 2005 : an annual source published by Thomson Gale Group as a supplement to West's encyclopedia of American law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

005th ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, [Michigan] : Thomson Gale, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An annual supplement to West's Encyclopedia of American Law that updates and expands the content with new topics, updates, biographies of prominent figures and government appointees, and other features. Each year's edition contains the full U.S. Supreme Court docket in addition to the non-Supreme Court cases. Includes a glossary of legal terms.

Contents:

Front Cover ; Title Page ; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Abortion ; Age Discrimination ; Alcohol ; Appeal ; Appropriations

Bankruptcy Bribery ; Capital Punishment ; Central Intelligence Agency ; Chertoff, Michael ; Circuit Court of Appeals; Class Action ; Cochran, Johnnie

Commerce Clause Conspiracy ; Contracts ; Copyright; Corporate Fraud; Cox, Archibald; Custody ; Discrimination ; DNA Testing; Double Jeopardy ; Drugs; Elections ; Eminent Domain; Environmental Law

Equal Protection Espionage; Establishment Clause; Extradition; Fifth Amendment ; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Fraud; Gay and Lesbian Rights; Gonzales, Alberto R. ; Goss, Porter J. ; Gun Control; Habeas Corpus ; Hate Crime

Identity Theft Immigration ; Internet ; Iraq War ; Judge ; Jurisdiction ; Jury ; Labor Law ; Liability ; Maritime Law

Mass Media

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9781414404592

9781410337368

1410337367