Landmark Supreme Court Cases: A Reference Guide

• Publisher:   Greenwood Press
• Number Of Pages:   384
• Publication Date:   1999-06-30
• ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0313306028
• ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780313306020

This needed resource, written specifically for students and general readers, provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected for this work are those in which the Supreme Court's decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties. In his own words, Donald Lively, Dean of Florida Coastal School of Law, discusses the facts, background, and significance of each landmark case so that students will be able to easily understand it. Each case features a fact box for quick reference succinctly identifying the issue, year of decision, outcome, vote, and author of the opinion. The narrative discussion of each case puts it in historical perspective, examines the background and constitutional issue involved, the case itself, why it is a landmark case, and its significance and impact. A short bibliography directs readers to a more in-depth discussion of the case and issue.

Contains detailed explanations of the Supreme Court's most important cases. Unbiased description of both sides' arguments, the issues at hand, background information, justices' positions, etc. Also has a small box containg the most relevant facts of each case, which is quite helpful. Highly recommended.

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