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Contains a collection of nineteen controversial essays that debate topics associated with freedom of the press including the issue of media excess, criticism of government, balancing press freedom and national security, and revealing sources.

Examines over seventy-five cases in which the Supreme Court has reviewed laws based on gender distinction, looking at rulings affecting women in a broad range of areas including employment, abortion, maternity leave, military service, and others; and includes profiles of plaintiffs.

Contains profiles of fifty U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding individual liberties, with overview essays on the legal principles of freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, right to privacy, freedom of religion and the establishment clause, and freedom of speech.

Profiles seventy-four landmark Supreme Court cases that have had a profound impact on American history and society; each case summary features information to assist in identification of the issue, year of decision, outcome, vote, and author of the opinion.

A four-volume set that profiles nearly eight hundred judicial proceedings, focusing on each case's influence on the development of key aspects of law in the United States.

Profiles eighty-eight cases ranging from 1803 to 1999, with sections on the decision, the background, the vote, highlights, excerpts, and the impact of the case in each entry; including sixty-one photos and illustrations and a reference section with the Constitution and alphabetized profiles of all the Justices up to 1999.

Attempts to explain as objectively as possible the Supreme Court's rulings on privacy, rules of evidence, the exclusionary rule, and other Fourth Amendment issues.