Essential Supreme Court Decisions
Essential Supreme Court Decisions

Author: John R. Vile

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2010-12-28

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 1442203862

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First published in 1954, this indispensable reference quickly became the gold standard for concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 15th edition has been extensively revised to ensure that it remains the most up-to-date resource available. An essential resource for law students, lawyers, and everyone interested in our nation's Constitution and the Supreme Court decisions that explicate it.

Capital Punishment on Trial
Capital Punishment on Trial

Author: David M. Oshinsky

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Court's controversial and much-debated stance on capital punishment in the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia.

Free Press v. Fair Trial
Free Press v. Fair Trial

Author: Douglas S. Campbell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1993-09-21

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0313020469

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This volume takes a historical approach in analyzing all of the major United States Supreme Court cases relevant to the conflict between a free press and fair trial. Campbell's thorough analysis, which relates 30 primary cases to each other and to nearly 70 associated supporting cases, consists of five parts: (1) legal backgrounds; (2) immediate historical circumstances giving rise to the cases; (3) complete summaries of all court opinions, concurring opinions, and dissenting opinions, often using the Justices' own words; (4) the Court's ruling; and (5) analysis of the significance of the cases.

Simple Justice
Simple Justice

Author: Richard Kluger

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-08-24

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 030754608X

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Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original interviews with surviving participants, Richard Kluger provides the fullest possible view of the human and legal drama in the years before 1954, the cumulative assaults on the white power structure that defended segregation, and the step-by-step establishment of a team of inspired black lawyers that could successfully challenge the law. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the unanimous Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation, Kluger has updated his work with a new final chapter covering events and issues that have arisen since the book was first published, including developments in civil rights and recent cases involving affirmative action, which rose directly out of Brown v. Board of Education.

The Great Decision
The Great Decision

Author: Cliff Sloan

Publisher: Public Affairs

Published: 2009-03-03

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1586484265

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Tells the riveting story of Marshall and of the landmark court case, Marbury v. Madison, through which he empowered the Supreme Court and transformed the idea of the separation of powers into a working blueprint for our modern state.