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Contains five appendixes, an annotated bibliography, glossary, a time line of the cases, and categorized lists of the entries, along with a photo index and general subject index.

Contains over 670 articles on court cases, arranged alphabetically by their best-known names, along with essays that examine groups of cases, and provides information on the courts where decisions were made, official citation numbers, dates of the rulings, brief summaries, and related information.

Contains profiles of forty-five U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding business and government law, with overview essays on the legal principles of federal powers and separation of powers, federalism and state powers, labor and labor practices, military law and issues, Native Americans, taxation, and antitrust, business, corporate, and contract law.

Contains profiles of over twenty-seven U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding equal protection and civil rights, with overview essays on the legal principles of reproductive rights, segregation and desegregation, voting rights and election issues, and rights of immigrants, gays, lesbians, and the disabled.

Contains profiles of thirty U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding equal protection and civil rights, with overview essays on the legal principles of affirmative action, the right to die and assisted suicide, civil rights and equal protection, and gender discrimination and sexual harassment.

Contains profiles of forty-eight U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding criminal justice and family law, with overview essays on the legal principles of capital punishment, criminal law and procedure, family law, juries, juvenile court and laws, and search and seizure.

Covers important historical documents from the U.S. Supreme Court as well as other courts in American history.

This work is a comprehensive survey of one of the oldestand hottestdebates in American history: the role of religion in the public discourse.

"This title covers ... historical documents from the U.S. Supreme Court as well as other courts in American history"--Amazon.com.

"This title covers ... historical documents from the U.S. Supreme Court as well as other courts in American history"--Amazon.com.