Praise for the previous edition: "...concise, well-written entries...Schultz's accessible work will be of use to both undergraduates and the general public; rec

This is a collection of 1500 quotes from more than 1000 Supreme Court decisions. These excerpts, dating from the beginning of the Republic, are arranged to incl

Focuses on the substance of American law, the processes that produce its legal principles, and the history of the Supreme Court, from its creation to the presen

First published in 1954, this indispensable reference quickly became the gold standard for concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The only ref

This collection of essays looks at over 200 major court cases, at both state and federal levels, from the colonial period to the present. Organized thematically