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Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, May 2005
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OXFORD COMPANION TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
By: Kermit L. Hall

The alphabetical arrangement makes this volume suitable for ready reference. More than 1,000 entries cover biographies, concepts, issues, procedures, and vocabulary, as well as cases. - Booklist

Oxford University Press
May 2005
1296 pages
ISBN: 0195176618
Hardcover
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The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquists's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.

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