Booklist RBB v.96 RBB Reviews Reference on the Web Booklist Archive Booklist Index Adult Youth Media RBB Booklist Home Page ALA Home Page How to subscribe to Booklist Magazine Great American Court Cases. Ed. by Mark Mikula and L. Mpho Mabunda. 1999. Eight hundred court cases are arranged under more than 50 legal issues in this new set. Each of the four volumes profiles cases that influenced key aspects of American law. These include U.S. Supreme Court decisions as well as 60 state or lower federal court cases.
Emphasis is on the last three decades.
Volume 1, Individual Liberties , profiles cases dealing with freedoms of assembly, religion, speech, and the press, as well as cases relating to the Internet, libel, obscenity, privacy, and the right to bear arms. Volume 2, Criminal Justice , deals with issues such as capital punishment, rights of the accused, and search and seizure. Volume 3, Equal Protection and Family Law , includes cases on affirmative action, sexual harassment, voting rights, and more. Volume 4, Business and Government , covers cases dealing with business and corporate law. Coverage of each legal issue begins with an overview of approximately 2,000 words.