judicial process

Examines the federal court system and the state court system of the United States. Also looks at some landmark Supreme Court decisions and how a case makes its way to the Supreme Court.

This book describes the Supreme Court of the United States, the history of the federal judiciary, and the judiciary's organizations and responsibilities.

Examines how the Supreme Court has struggled to integrate scientific knowledge into court rulings. Discusses a variety of precedent setting cases, such as legalized eugenics in the Buck v. Bell case, the internment of Japanese-Americans in Korematsu v. United States, and the end to segregation with Brown v. Board of Education.

Presents legal issues of the Supreme Court allowing the reader to be a justice on the court and decide the issues along with the eight other justices.

Explains how the United States Supreme Court has limited the rights of underage girls seeking an abortion, describing how the bypass process, in which a minor must petition a judge for the right to have an abortion without parental permission, works and why the system has failed to protect women's rights.

A study of constitutional law which interweaves excerpts from some of the Supreme Court's most important decisions with narratives of major developments in the law, and attempts to demonstrate how political and social forces influence the judicial decision-making process.